How Outworld Destroyer and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer and Pudge win 54.96% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 17,037 matches.
Setting up a Meat Hook with Astral Imprisonment can be awkward. While the banish can hold a target in place, it also makes them invulnerable, demanding perfect timing from Pudge to land the hook the moment it ends. A poorly timed Astral from Outworld Destroyer can also accidentally save a hooked enemy from a Dismember or Rot damage. Both heroes are great at bursting a single target down, but their main setup abilities can actively work against each other without tight coordination, often leading to wasted spells and missed opportunities.
This duo’s game plan is very one-dimensional: Pudge finds a pick-off and OD provides the damage. When it works, a hero gets deleted from the map. The problem is how easily it can fail. If the initial hook misses, or if the target is tanky enough to survive the initial burst, both heroes are left in a bad spot. Pudge is often overextended and Outworld Destroyer has no escape mechanism if the fight turns on him. Their success hinges entirely on landing that one perfect combo, which makes their performance together unreliable from game to game.
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 | 53.15% | 715 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.12% | 2,450 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.94% | 2,388 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.56% | 810 |
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 | 54.96% | ▲ +3.9pp | 17,037 |
| 7.41d | 51.01% | ▲ +0.7pp | 150,567 |
| 7.41c | 50.28% | ▲ +1.0pp | 65,634 |
| 7.41b | 49.32% | — | 69,700 |
Move this data into a draft
Both heroes start on Radiant. Fill the remaining slots to test this pairing inside a complete draft and get next-pick recommendations.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.