How Riki and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Riki and Sven win 54.88% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,038 matches.
Dropping a Smoke Screen on Sven's Storm Hammer target creates a nasty kill zone. The silence from Riki's cloud prevents enemies from using escape spells or items once the stun ends, giving Sven a much longer window to connect with his cleave. This makes their mid-game ganks more reliable, as Sven's main weakness is being kited after his initial lockdown. While this lockdown combination is strong, the pairing isn't always straightforward. Having two melee cores can sometimes create issues with farm distribution and lane assignments, which may prevent the duo from snowballing effectively and keeps the synergy from being overpowering. This requires some coordination to execute well.
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 | 54.69% | 373 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.52% | 598 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.47% | 419 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.46% | 109 |
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 | 54.88% | ▲ +1.8pp | 4,038 |
| 7.41d | 53.06% | ▼ -0.3pp | 42,234 |
| 7.41c | 53.39% | ▲ +1.6pp | 14,685 |
| 7.41b | 51.77% | — | 14,559 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.