How Kez and Riki perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kez and Riki win 47.69% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,011 matches.
Setting up a kill with Smoke Screen creates an awkward situation for this pair. Riki wants enemies to miss attacks inside his cloud, but Kez often needs to be attacked to get the most out of his parry and counter-attack abilities. If the enemy can't attack, Kez loses a key part of his dueling power. Both heroes excel at isolating and bursting down a single person, so their roles can feel a bit redundant. They can certainly blow up a lone support together, but the team might lack lockdown for multiple targets or a solid frontline to play around. Their kits don't actively work against each other, but they don't really amplify one another either.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 54.84% | 155 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.22% | 309 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.78% | 166 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.69% | ▲ +0.6pp | 2,011 |
| 7.41d | 47.11% | ▼ -1.2pp | 25,262 |
| 7.41c | 48.28% | ▼ -1.7pp | 16,208 |
| 7.41b | 49.97% | — | 11,550 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.