How Pangolier and Winter Wyvern perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pangolier and Winter Wyvern win 46.52% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,425 matches.
Coordinating major cooldowns between these two can feel awkward. Pangolier often wants to use Rolling Thunder to isolate and kill a specific backliner. However, if Winter Wyvern uses Winter's Curse on that same hero, the target becomes immune to all damage from Pangolier and his team. This completely nullifies Pango's Swashbuckle damage and wastes the stun duration from his ultimate on the primary target. This forces one player to hold their most important spell or risk misaligning them for no real gain, which can be a huge problem in a chaotic fight.
In practice, this means their teamfights often lack a clean, single-target focus. For the combo to have any value, Pangolier has to shift his attention away from the Cursed hero and instead try to control the other enemies who are taunted. This is a significant adjustment from his normal playstyle. On the other hand, Winter Wyvern's Cold Embrace can be a great save for a Pangolier who gets caught out after a deep Swashbuckle. The defensive potential of that heal is balanced against the offensive clash of their ultimates, making the pairing feel inconsistent 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 47.49% | 219 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.58% | 240 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.77% | 203 |
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 | 46.52% | ▲ +1.7pp | 2,425 |
| 7.41d | 44.82% | ▼ -3.2pp | 22,771 |
| 7.41c | 47.99% | ▼ -2.6pp | 20,350 |
| 7.41b | 50.64% | — | 23,114 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.