How Riki and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Riki and Troll Warlord win 51.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 205 matches.
Controlling the map and taking early objectives becomes much easier with this duo. Riki's Smoke Screen provides the perfect fighting arena for Troll Warlord. A target caught in the cloud is silenced and misses attacks, letting Troll freely build Fervor stacks with his Battle Trance active. These successful ganks translate directly into safe farm for Troll and uncontested tower pressure. With Riki constantly scouting and threatening supports, Troll Warlord gets the space he needs to accelerate his item timings. This allows the team to secure Roshan early and force fights they are heavily favored to win, closing out the game from a position of strength.
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 | 52.71% | 203 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.06% | 212 |
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 | 51.71% | ▼ -1.5pp | 205 |
| 7.41d | 53.19% | ▼ -0.5pp | 20,727 |
| 7.41c | 53.68% | ▲ +0.9pp | 11,672 |
| 7.41b | 52.82% | — | 10,842 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.