How Medusa and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Medusa and Pugna win 47.05% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,930 matches.
Pushing down a lane together can feel effective. Pugna's Nether Blast provides consistent damage on towers, while Medusa can stand her ground and tank the incoming creep wave using Mana Shield. This pressure often forces favorable reactions and creates space. In teamfights, however, the pairing can be awkward. Pugna might use Decrepify to amplify the damage from a Mystic Snake, but doing so makes that enemy immune to Medusa's physical attacks, which is her main source of damage. Nether Ward does offer a nice defensive benefit by draining the resources of spellcasters trying to burn through Medusa's mana, but the overall coordination required makes this partnership less straightforward than it might appear.
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 | 43.51% | 131 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.76% | 297 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.60% | 208 |
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 | 47.05% | ▼ -1.6pp | 1,930 |
| 7.41d | 48.61% | ▼ -0.9pp | 22,982 |
| 7.41c | 49.54% | ▼ -2.2pp | 12,195 |
| 7.41b | 51.71% | — | 13,347 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.