How Lycan and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lycan and Pugna win 50.51% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 99 matches.
Pushing an advantage with Shapeshift can be risky for Lycan, as he's often forced to overextend to secure kills. Having a Pugna on the team provides a helpful safety net for these moments. A well-channeled Life Drain can refill a diving Lycan, giving him the health needed to finish his target and survive when he would otherwise have to retreat. Pugna’s Decrepify can also be a clutch save against physical damage. This combination relies heavily on Pugna’s own positioning, though. He’s a fragile hero, and if the enemy team can find and burst him first, Lycan is often left stranded in the middle of the fight.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 45.63% | 103 |
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 early | 50.51% | ▲ +2.3pp | 99 |
| 7.41d | 48.26% | ▼ -3.2pp | 8,006 |
| 7.41c | 51.46% | ▼ -3.2pp | 5,142 |
| 7.41b | 54.61% | — | 4,254 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.