How Riki and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Riki and Templar Assassin win 43.28% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 238 matches.
Getting jumped by two heroes with invisibility sounds like a nightmare, but Riki and Templar Assassin often step on each other’s toes. Both are squishy, single-target physical burst heroes who need a good start to be effective. The core problem is that neither brings the lockdown the other desperately wants. A target slowed by Psionic Traps can still often escape Riki’s Smoke Screen, and neither hero has a reliable stun to hold someone in place for the other to unload damage. They end up competing for the same farm and the same type of isolated targets, and their similar damage profiles make it straightforward for enemies to counter them with armor.
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 | 44.65% | 159 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.90% | 245 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.13% | 152 |
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 | 43.28% | ▼ -3.4pp | 238 |
| 7.41d | 46.67% | ▼ -0.4pp | 23,334 |
| 7.41c | 47.08% | ▼ -0.2pp | 12,184 |
| 7.41b | 47.24% | — | 13,921 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.