How Pugna and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna and Troll Warlord win 50.73% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,853 matches.
Keeping a raging Troll Warlord alive can be Pugna’s whole job in a teamfight. A well-timed Life Drain channel turns Troll into an unkillable machine during Battle Trance, letting him sustain through huge amounts of damage. Pugna can also save him with a defensive Decrepify if he gets focused by physical damage. The problem is that this same ability creates a conflict. If Pugna uses Decrepify offensively on an enemy, Troll Warlord is completely unable to attack that target, effectively taking him out of the fight for a few seconds. This contradiction, along with their different positioning needs, makes their partnership very situational and prevents any reliable advantage.
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 | 60.00% | 180 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.65% | 264 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.15% | 142 |
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 | 50.73% | ▲ +1.0pp | 1,853 |
| 7.41d | 49.75% | ▼ -1.3pp | 19,386 |
| 7.41c | 51.03% | ▲ +1.3pp | 9,757 |
| 7.41b | 49.72% | — | 9,157 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.