How Legion Commander and Io perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Legion Commander and Io win 52.56% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 24,587 matches.
Winning a Duel becomes much more consistent with an Io Tethered to Legion Commander. The combination of Overcharge's damage reduction and Tether's constant healing makes Legion incredibly durable during the lockdown. Io's bonus attack speed further tilts the fight, practically guaranteeing the Duel damage. This setup turns a risky one-on-one fight into a secure kill, allowing Legion Commander to snowball safely. Even the extra damage from Spirits can make a difference in a close fight, ensuring the target goes down before help arrives.
The game plan becomes very straightforward once Io gets Relocate. The pair can gank literally any lane, showing up on an unsuspecting core or support for a free Duel. This forces the enemy team into a reactive posture, often five-manning much earlier than they'd like just to survive. Playing against it means constantly worrying about your position and being forced to cede farm on distant parts of the map. Their only real counterplay is to have enough burst to kill Legion Commander through all of Io's defensive buffs, which is a very tall order.
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 | 54.51% | 233 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.20% | 941 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.06% | 862 |
| Divine & Immortal | 60.00% | 260 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.56% | ▼ -0.1pp | 24,587 |
| 7.41e | 52.65% | ▼ -0.7pp | 100,438 |
| 7.41d | 53.30% | ▲ +0.1pp | 84,419 |
| 7.41c | 53.16% | — | 32,238 |
Move this data into a draft
Both heroes start on Radiant. Fill the remaining slots to test this pairing inside a complete draft and get next-pick recommendations.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.