How Silencer and Io perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Silencer and Io win 51.07% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,079 matches.
Using Relocate to bring a Silencer into a gank can create a clean kill. The target gets hit by Global Silence, losing their escape options right as Io and their tethered partner appear to do the damage. This gives the pair a way to secure pickoffs anywhere on the map, punishing a hero who is farming alone. The main drawback is that both ultimates have long cooldowns, so these opportunities are infrequent. In teamfights, Io's Overcharge also provides a welcome attack speed boost for Silencer's Glaives, but the synergy mostly revolves around that global ganking potential.
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 | 50.20% | 253 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.46% | 757 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.15% | 594 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.70% | 239 |
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 | 51.07% | ▼ -0.5pp | 4,079 |
| 7.41d | 51.59% | ▲ +0.5pp | 39,944 |
| 7.41c | 51.13% | ▼ -1.4pp | 15,807 |
| 7.41b | 52.57% | — | 16,174 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.