How Pudge and Ursa perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pudge and Ursa win 47.85% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,744 matches.
Pulling a target with Meat Hook for Ursa to hit often feels redundant. Ursa already has his own gap close with Earthshock and prefers to run targets down, not wait for them to be delivered. While a successful hook into Dismember can set up a kill, both heroes essentially want to do the same job: find one hero and burst them down. This overlap means they don't cover each other's weaknesses. Pudge doesn't offer a way to deal with the saves or kiting that typically shut Ursa down. Likewise, Ursa provides no special setup to help Pudge land hooks or survive after initiating. The draft ends up with two single-target melee cores who can be neutralized by similar counters.
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 | 49.92% | 1,210 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.00% | 2,955 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.51% | 2,271 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.42% | 696 |
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 | 47.85% | ▲ +0.7pp | 2,744 |
| 7.41d | 47.19% | ▲ +0.6pp | 240,308 |
| 7.41c | 46.63% | ▼ -0.1pp | 122,569 |
| 7.41b | 46.74% | — | 126,841 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.