How Queen of Pain and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Queen of Pain and Sven win 48.25% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,274 matches.
Pairing these two cores often creates a split game plan. Queen of Pain wants to accelerate the pace, using her mobility and early burst to find kills across the map. Sven, on the other hand, wants the game to slow down so he can safely farm up his core items before taking over with God's Strength. Their ideal timings are fundamentally opposed, and their kits don't offer a special interaction to bridge that gap. Sven’s stun is a decent setup for Sonic Wave, but it’s a generic combo that doesn't solve the strategic tension.
This conflict forces the team into a difficult choice. You either play around Queen of Pain’s tempo, which risks leaving Sven underfarmed and vulnerable, or you prioritize creating space for Sven, which can waste QoP's most powerful timings. For this duo to work, the other three heroes must do a lot of heavy lifting to keep both cores relevant. More often, one hero gets the resources they need while the other is left struggling to find their place in the 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 45.55% | 584 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.53% | 1,498 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.99% | 1,292 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.47% | 458 |
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 | 48.25% | ▲ +1.2pp | 10,274 |
| 7.41d | 47.08% | ▲ +1.2pp | 98,372 |
| 7.41c | 45.90% | ▼ -2.6pp | 38,066 |
| 7.41b | 48.48% | — | 44,491 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.