Spectre — Dota 2 7.41f Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Mercurial
Spectre (Mercurial) in Dota 2 7.41f: win rate, pick rate, top counters and best teammates, from Batru's ranked-match pipeline.
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Spectre by rank bracket
Spectre is strongest in Herald & Guardian games, winning 54.15% (#4 of 127 heroes), but drops to 51.50% (#37) in Divine & Immortal.
| Bracket | Tier Rank | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | #4 of 127 | 54.15% | 11.29% | 16,311 |
| Crusader & Archon | #18 of 127 | 52.39% | 11.67% | 52,411 |
| Legend & Ancient | #20 of 127 | 52.50% | 10.94% | 50,437 |
| Divine & Immortal | #37 of 127 | 51.50% | 9.69% | 14,001 |
Recent ranked matches split by average match rank — the same data behind the per-rank tier lists each bracket links to.
Spectre win rate by patch
Spectre is winning 52.60% of 362,962 ranked matches in patch 7.41f, down 1.6pp from 7.41e.
| Patch | Win Rate | Change | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.60% | ▼ -1.6pp | 10.74% | 362,962 |
| 7.41e | 54.25% | ▼ -0.2pp | 12.24% | 3,645,416 |
| 7.41d | 54.43% | ▼ -0.7pp | 12.09% | 3,584,774 |
| 7.41c | 55.14% | ▲ +0.7pp | 10.22% | 1,401,995 |
| 7.41b | 54.48% | ▼ -1.7pp | 9.44% | 1,329,519 |
| 7.41a | 56.15% | — | 9.18% | 525,067 |
Win rate and pick rate per patch window over all quality-filtered ranked matches; the newest patch accumulates matches for days after release — its row shows the current sample size.
Spectre counters & matchups
Spectre is the premier late-game carry: Dispersion reflects damage, Spectral Dagger chases, and Haunt lets her teleport to every enemy at once for a global pickoff. She out-scales nearly the entire hero pool — immobile, greedy heroes like Nature's Prophet, Templar Assassin, Mars and Timbersaw simply lose the long game to her. Spectre is countered by the rare heroes who beat her scaling: Meepo ends the game before she comes online, while Undying and Necrophos out-sustain her. Draft tip: Spectre is a top-tier hard-carry into almost any greedy or immobile draft; her only real counters are fast-snowball (Meepo) and break/anti-heal line-ups.
Strong against
 Nature's Prophet | 59.94% | 18,031 |
 Templar Assassin | 59.53% | 10,001 |
 Shadow Fiend | 59.45% | 30,363 |
 Huskar | 59.10% | 7,824 |
 Batrider | 58.76% | 2,158 |
 Drow Ranger | 58.71% | 22,198 |
 Gyrocopter | 57.99% | 5,444 |
 Muerta | 57.70% | 5,354 |
Struggles against
 Meepo | 45.12% | 3,267 |
 Wraith King | 46.47% | 24,081 |
 Phantom Lancer | 47.27% | 21,772 |
 Undying | 47.63% | 20,160 |
 Phoenix | 47.65% | 7,774 |
 Nyx Assassin | 47.98% | 11,225 |
 Lifestealer | 48.27% | 33,205 |
 Lycan | 48.74% | 2,384 |
Spectre synergies
Spectre wins by reaching the late game and turning every enemy pickoff into a 5-man Haunt — she wants front line, forced fights, and lockdown. She pairs best with AoE-engage and durable setup: Phoenix forces the fights her Haunt cashes in, while Wraith King and Axe provide the tanky lockdown to Haunt onto. Give Spectre a fight-forcing front line and her late-game Haunt erases teams from across the map.
Best teammates
| Wraith King | 56.83% | 16,624 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 56.65% | 17,483 |
 Witch Doctor | 56.39% | 29,093 |
 Riki | 56.22% | 7,065 |
 Bloodseeker | 56.15% | 4,057 |
 Lich | 56.14% | 19,411 |
 Legion Commander | 56.11% | 24,439 |
 Dragon Knight | 56.05% | 12,430 |
Data updated Sep 23, 2026.