How Lina and Lone Druid perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lina and Lone Druid win 46.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,900 matches.
Facing a Spirit Bear root followed by a Light Strike Array can feel pretty immobilizing. Lone Druid provides reliable, long-duration setup that gives Lina an easy window to land her own stun and full spell combination. The chain of control is straightforward and effective for picking off a lone hero who gets caught out. This gives the pair some ganking potential during the mid-game, turning a root from the bear into a likely kill if Lina is nearby to contribute her magic burst.
The problem is that both heroes are quite greedy, often requiring significant farm and levels to be effective. Lina and Lone Druid can end up competing for safe farming space, slowing down each other's key item timings. Their plan relies heavily on securing single-target pickoffs, which becomes much harder once the enemy team starts grouping up. If they can't snowball off early kills, they often find their individual power spikes are delayed and their teamfight contribution is less coordinated than that of other hero pairings.
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 | 44.53% | 256 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.77% | 695 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.58% | 599 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.48% | 282 |
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 | 46.79% | ▼ -1.1pp | 3,900 |
| 7.41d | 47.91% | ▼ -0.9pp | 38,471 |
| 7.41c | 48.80% | ▼ -1.7pp | 24,669 |
| 7.41b | 50.49% | — | 37,911 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.