How Riki and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Riki and Silencer win 53.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 890 matches.
Global Silence creates a perfect window for a kill. While enemies are muted, Silencer can apply Arcane Curse, and they can't cast spells to shorten its duration. This extended period of forced silence and damage over time is exactly what Riki needs. He can close the gap from invisibility, drop Smoke Screen to add a miss chance and another layer of silence, and build up Backstab damage without fear of the target stunning him or using an escape spell. It locks down a target completely.
This combo is lethal from the mid-game onward, forcing opponents to group up much earlier than they'd like. Anyone caught farming alone is an easy target for Riki with Global Silence ready to go. The enemy team's best hope is to get Black King Bars or other defensive items that work through silence, but that's a difficult race against Riki's own item timings. The constant threat of a global setup makes it very hard for the other team to find space and react to pressure anywhere on the map.
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 | 55.40% | 509 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.04% | 1,003 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.23% | 686 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.93% | 179 |
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 | 53.82% | ▼ -0.7pp | 890 |
| 7.41d | 54.50% | ▼ -0.7pp | 90,054 |
| 7.41c | 55.18% | ▲ +0.2pp | 50,222 |
| 7.41b | 54.94% | — | 45,909 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.