How Lina and Rubick perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lina and Rubick win 48.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 35,333 matches.
A good spell for Rubick to steal is often something that controls a whole team, and Lina's kit is mostly single-target. While a stolen Laguna Blade is a powerful nuke, it doesn't solve the same problems as a stolen Ravage or Black Hole. When your draft already has Lina's burst, the enemy team isn't as pressured to pick the big, game-changing ultimates that Rubick wants to see. This can leave him with underwhelming options, forced to take a generic stun or nuke that doesn't have the same fight-swinging potential as a true ultimate.
The pairing can feel strong in lane, where a Telekinesis lift provides a perfect setup for Light Strike Array. However, the game plan can feel a bit one-dimensional later on. Both heroes excel at bursting down a single hero, but if that plan fails or the enemy groups up, your team can lack the tools to fight head-on. The success of the duo becomes too dependent on what the enemy happens to draft, rather than creating its own powerful and reliable strategy.
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 | 49.76% | 1,254 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.39% | 4,743 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.04% | 5,648 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.61% | 2,447 |
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 | 48.33% | ▼ -0.2pp | 35,333 |
| 7.41d | 48.56% | ▲ +0.0pp | 317,920 |
| 7.41c | 48.53% | ▲ +0.4pp | 140,084 |
| 7.41b | 48.09% | — | 134,291 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.