How Lina and Magnus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lina and Magnus win 48.44% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 21,627 matches.
A successful Reverse Polarity can make it trivial for Lina to land her Light Strike Array and Laguna Blade, leading to an easy kill. Empower also provides a welcome damage steroid for her attacks as the game goes on. The fundamental problem, however, is one of positioning. Magnus excels at pulling key targets close and creating a chaotic fight around himself. This is the exact situation a fragile, ranged hero like Lina wants to avoid. Even after she unloads her spells into the RP, she’s left in a dangerous spot if she wants to continue attacking.
This dynamic often leads to clunky teamfights. Magnus wants to blink deep and initiate, a plan that works best when bringing a durable melee core along with him. Lina, on the other hand, wants to play on the edges of the fight and attack from a safe distance. While they can coordinate to burst down one hero, their overall game plans don't mesh perfectly. The cleave from Empower is also less effective on a ranged hero for farming and fighting. Ultimately, another core could often make better use of Magnus's setup and buffs.
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 | 46.21% | 699 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.82% | 3,003 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.00% | 3,590 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.19% | 1,315 |
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 | 48.44% | ▼ -0.2pp | 21,627 |
| 7.41d | 48.60% | ▲ +0.8pp | 176,803 |
| 7.41c | 47.77% | ▲ +1.0pp | 69,330 |
| 7.41b | 46.73% | — | 64,503 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.