How Kunkka and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kunkka and Silencer win 50.10% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,621 matches.
Pairing Kunkka and Silencer often comes down to a strategy of stacking control. Kunkka’s Torrent and Ghostship can hold multiple enemies in place, giving Silencer a clean window to apply Arcane Curse and Last Word without risk. The ideal scenario is a big Ghostship stun immediately followed by Global Silence, which prevents any spell-based counter-initiation from the enemy team. This control chain can lock down a fight completely, allowing your team to unload damage on disabled and silenced targets.
However, the effectiveness of this duo is highly conditional. The entire sequence hinges on Kunkka landing his spells, which is never guaranteed. Since both Ghostship and Global Silence are long-cooldown ultimates, using them together can feel redundant if the enemy team simply BKB's or disengages. If the initial combo misses, the synergy is mostly lost for that fight. Ultimately, it’s a combination that requires precise execution to be effective and doesn't offer a consistent advantage on its own, leading to a fairly neutral outcome.
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 | 47.55% | 347 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.62% | 1,042 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.31% | 914 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.24% | 255 |
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 | 50.10% | ▼ -0.4pp | 6,621 |
| 7.41d | 50.47% | ▲ +0.1pp | 80,497 |
| 7.41c | 50.39% | ▼ -0.0pp | 40,307 |
| 7.41b | 50.40% | — | 37,618 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.