Bristleback — Dota 2 hero

Bristleback

StrengthMeleeCarryDurableInitiatorNuker

Bristleback Pro Match Statistics

43.8%Win Rate
11.7%Pick Rate
5.9%Ban Rate
-1.3% Trend

Bristleback Best Synergies & Team Compositions

Bristleback achieves the highest win rates when paired with Puck (72.7% win rate across 11 games), Sniper (70% win rate across 10 games), Ember Spirit (65% win rate across 20 games) in professional Dota 2 matches. Bristleback benefits from teammates who create space, provide lockdown for uninterrupted damage, or offer save abilities that extend survivability in teamfights. Drafting Puck alongside Bristleback provides the biggest statistical win rate boost based on recent competitive data.

All Bristleback hero synergies — complete Dota 2 team composition win rates

Puck and Bristleback synergy — 72.7% combined win rate in 11 professional matchesPuck11 games72.7%72.7%Sniper and Bristleback synergy — 70% combined win rate in 10 professional matchesSniper10 games70%70%Ember Spirit and Bristleback synergy — 65% combined win rate in 20 professional matchesEmber Spirit20 games65%65%Nyx Assassin and Bristleback synergy — 61.1% combined win rate in 18 professional matchesNyx Assassin18 games61.1%61.1%Templar Assassin and Bristleback synergy — 61.1% combined win rate in 18 professional matchesTemplar Assassin18 games61.1%61.1%Muerta and Bristleback synergy — 60% combined win rate in 15 professional matchesMuerta15 games60%60%Shadow Demon and Bristleback synergy — 57.1% combined win rate in 28 professional matchesShadow Demon28 games57.1%57.1%Jakiro and Bristleback synergy — 56.4% combined win rate in 39 professional matchesJakiro39 games56.4%56.4%Ursa and Bristleback synergy — 56.3% combined win rate in 16 professional matchesUrsa16 games56.3%56.3%Treant Protector and Bristleback synergy — 53.8% combined win rate in 13 professional matchesTreant Protector13 games53.8%53.8%Shadow Fiend and Bristleback synergy — 50% combined win rate in 38 professional matchesShadow Fiend38 games50%50%Shadow Shaman and Bristleback synergy — 50% combined win rate in 18 professional matchesShadow Shaman18 games50%50%Invoker and Bristleback synergy — 50% combined win rate in 14 professional matchesInvoker14 games50%50%Beastmaster and Bristleback synergy — 47.1% combined win rate in 17 professional matchesBeastmaster17 games47.1%47.1%Keeper of the Light and Bristleback synergy — 46.2% combined win rate in 13 professional matchesKeeper of the Light13 games46.2%46.2%Disruptor and Bristleback synergy — 45.5% combined win rate in 22 professional matchesDisruptor22 games45.5%45.5%Void Spirit and Bristleback synergy — 43.8% combined win rate in 16 professional matchesVoid Spirit16 games43.8%43.8%Troll Warlord and Bristleback synergy — 42.9% combined win rate in 14 professional matchesTroll Warlord14 games42.9%42.9%Chen and Bristleback synergy — 41.7% combined win rate in 12 professional matchesChen12 games41.7%41.7%Hoodwink and Bristleback synergy — 39.3% combined win rate in 28 professional matchesHoodwink28 games39.3%39.3%Rubick and Bristleback synergy — 38.5% combined win rate in 13 professional matchesRubick13 games38.5%38.5%Lion and Bristleback synergy — 37.5% combined win rate in 16 professional matchesLion16 games37.5%37.5%Ogre Magi and Bristleback synergy — 37.5% combined win rate in 24 professional matchesOgre Magi24 games37.5%37.5%Tusk and Bristleback synergy — 37% combined win rate in 27 professional matchesTusk27 games37%37%Warlock and Bristleback synergy — 36.4% combined win rate in 22 professional matchesWarlock22 games36.4%36.4%Storm Spirit and Bristleback synergy — 35.3% combined win rate in 17 professional matchesStorm Spirit17 games35.3%35.3%Tiny and Bristleback synergy — 34.5% combined win rate in 29 professional matchesTiny29 games34.5%34.5%Gyrocopter and Bristleback synergy — 33.3% combined win rate in 15 professional matchesGyrocopter15 games33.3%33.3%Dragon Knight and Bristleback synergy — 33.3% combined win rate in 18 professional matchesDragon Knight18 games33.3%33.3%Windranger and Bristleback synergy — 32% combined win rate in 25 professional matchesWindranger25 games32%32%Lina and Bristleback synergy — 31.3% combined win rate in 16 professional matchesLina16 games31.3%31.3%Razor and Bristleback synergy — 30% combined win rate in 10 professional matchesRazor10 games30%30%Skywrath Mage and Bristleback synergy — 18.8% combined win rate in 16 professional matchesSkywrath Mage16 games18.8%18.8%Queen of Pain and Bristleback synergy — 18.2% combined win rate in 11 professional matchesQueen of Pain11 games18.2%18.2%Dark Willow and Bristleback synergy — 16.7% combined win rate in 12 professional matchesDark Willow12 games16.7%16.7%Slardar and Bristleback synergy — 16.7% combined win rate in 12 professional matchesSlardar12 games16.7%16.7%

Bristleback synergy data: 36 hero pairings analyzed from 663 professional Dota 2 games. Combined win rates reflect draft effectiveness when picking Bristleback alongside each teammate.