How Silencer and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Silencer and Sven win 53.18% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 11,429 matches.
Facing a Sven with God's Strength is difficult, but it's worse when you can't use spells to react. Silencer's Global Silence can create a clean window for Sven to attack without being disabled or kited by enemy spellcasters. This lockdown prevents supports from using force staffs, saves, or stuns to peel for their cores, leaving the entire enemy team vulnerable to Sven's immense physical damage. The combination forces opponents to position perfectly before the fight even begins, because they won't have their abilities to help them reposition once it starts.
This advantage really hinges on lining up those two long-cooldown ultimates. Outside of that powerful teamfight combo, the two heroes don't offer each other much direct support. Silencer doesn't provide the kind of targeted lockdown or gap-close that Sven often needs to get on top of a specific hero. If the enemy team can survive the duration of Global Silence or simply fight when it's on cooldown, the synergy disappears. It’s a timing-based advantage that has to be executed correctly to matter.
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 | 50.59% | 765 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.55% | 1,870 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.13% | 1,436 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.03% | 439 |
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 | 53.18% | ▲ +1.3pp | 11,429 |
| 7.41d | 51.93% | ▲ +0.6pp | 108,953 |
| 7.41c | 51.32% | ▼ -0.5pp | 36,275 |
| 7.41b | 51.86% | — | 37,371 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.