How Pugna and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna and Silencer win 49.16% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,948 matches.
Facing both a Nether Ward and Silencer's spells can be miserable for any caster. Arcane Curse drains resources if you hold back, but casting anything can trigger Last Word and will definitely get you zapped by the ward. It creates a difficult situation where any action drains your health and mana. This combination puts a lot of pressure on enemy supports and intelligence cores, forcing them to play passively or risk feeding kills from the back of a fight.
The trouble is that both Pugna and Silencer want to do similar things from the same spot: the back line. They are both fragile and don't bring much hard lockdown to protect themselves or each other. If an enemy carry can get on top of them, there's little they can do. While Global Silence is a powerful teamfight tool, it doesn't hold anyone in place for Pugna's Life Drain. The draft often ends up with too many similar heroes and can lack the frontline presence or initiation needed to secure objectives and win late-game fights.
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 | 50.38% | 260 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.10% | 630 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.63% | 476 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.81% | 128 |
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 | 49.16% | ▲ +1.1pp | 3,948 |
| 7.41d | 48.03% | ▼ -0.3pp | 45,377 |
| 7.41c | 48.29% | ▲ +0.1pp | 22,950 |
| 7.41b | 48.23% | — | 21,774 |
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.