How Kunkka and Queen of Pain perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kunkka and Queen of Pain win 45.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,942 matches.
Playing against this duo often feels disjointed. Kunkka needs time to set up his combo with X Marks the Spot, pulling an enemy back for his Torrent and Ghostship. Queen of Pain, on the other hand, wants to Blink in for an instant kill with Scream of Pain and Sonic Wave. This core timing conflict means they rarely hit their full potential together. Either Queen of Pain has to wait in a dangerous position for Kunkka's spells to land, or she goes in early and Kunkka's delayed boat arrives long after the initial burst is over.
This lack of coordination carries through the whole game. During ganks, Kunkka is often too slow to follow up on QoP’s sudden aggression, leaving her exposed. In teamfights, the two heroes tend to have different priorities. Queen of Pain wants to assassinate a backline support, while Kunkka is focused on controlling the frontline and landing a big Tidebringer cleave. Because they don't naturally focus the same target or combine their damage effectively, enemies find it much easier to reposition, survive their separate attacks, and turn the fight around.
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 | 46.43% | 252 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.65% | 668 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.59% | 641 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.30% | 181 |
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 | 45.77% | ▲ +0.2pp | 4,942 |
| 7.41d | 45.62% | ▲ +0.3pp | 61,896 |
| 7.41c | 45.29% | ▼ -2.4pp | 36,428 |
| 7.41b | 47.66% | — | 39,042 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.