How Queen of Pain and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Queen of Pain and Zeus win 47.66% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 15,890 matches.
Drafting two magical burst heroes like this creates a very specific game plan. The combined global reach of Thundergod's Wrath and the initiation of Queen of Pain’s Blink means you can threaten kills on almost any hero, anywhere. Zeus can provide vision with Lightning Bolt to set up a clean Blink and Sonic Wave, and their spells together can instantly delete a squishy target before they can react. This initial burst is the entire premise of the partnership.
The problem is that this strategy has a clear timer. Your team is all-in on one damage type, making it straightforward for opponents to itemize with a Pipe of Insight or, more critically, Black King Bars. Once those BKBs come out, both Zeus and Queen of Pain are neutralized for the duration. Lacking lockdown and physical tower damage, the pair must snowball hard through the mid-game and try to end before the enemy cores can build the obvious 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 | 44.76% | 744 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.34% | 2,234 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.18% | 2,107 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.63% | 699 |
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 | 47.66% | ▼ -1.1pp | 15,890 |
| 7.41d | 48.76% | ▲ +0.4pp | 228,686 |
| 7.41c | 48.34% | ▼ -2.4pp | 118,126 |
| 7.41b | 50.77% | — | 120,239 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.