How Pugna and Io perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna and Io win 48.65% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,665 matches.
Keeping Pugna supplied with mana via Tether is a clear upside, but this pairing ties Io to an extremely fragile hero. Pugna wants to play from the back line, pushing towers with Nether Blast or channeling Life Drain from a safe distance. This doesn't really fit with an Io looking to enable an aggressive core that can dive into the fight. When the enemy team decides to close the gap on Pugna, he dies very quickly, and the tethered Io is often taken down with him. The extra healing and mana are helpful, but they don't solve the core problem of putting two such delicate heroes together.
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 | 51.56% | 128 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.63% | 292 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.05% | 244 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.00% | 110 |
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 | 48.65% | ▼ -0.6pp | 1,665 |
| 7.41d | 49.24% | ▲ +1.6pp | 15,316 |
| 7.41c | 47.65% | ▼ -2.1pp | 6,688 |
| 7.41b | 49.73% | — | 6,702 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.