How Lina and Techies perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lina and Techies win 50.17% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 18,672 matches.
Committing to a double-nuke lineup like this means betting on your ability to land the initial disable. Techies can set up a kill with Stasis Trap, creating a perfect window for Lina to land Light Strike Array and follow up with Laguna Blade. The sheer amount of magical burst from this combination can instantly delete most heroes caught out of position. The main issue is the unreliability of it all. Both the root and the stun have delays, which gives mobile heroes a chance to dodge and can make the whole sequence feel clunky against an aware team.
As the game progresses, their game plans can diverge. Lina wants to be constantly farming lanes and jungle to hit her item timings, playing an aggressive tempo. Techies, on the other hand, excels at playing defensively, setting up minefields to control key areas and defend objectives. This can lead to them being in different parts of the map when fights break out. While they can certainly blow up a target if they coordinate a gank, both heroes are fragile and lack escapes, making them vulnerable if an enemy team gets the jump on them first.
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 | 52.59% | 1,118 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.93% | 2,570 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.41% | 2,177 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.59% | 820 |
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 | 50.17% | ▲ +0.6pp | 18,672 |
| 7.41d | 49.59% | ▲ +0.2pp | 181,740 |
| 7.41c | 49.42% | ▼ -0.5pp | 82,256 |
| 7.41b | 49.89% | — | 79,554 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.