Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Spirit Breaker wins the Dark Willow vs Spirit Breaker matchup: Spirit Breaker beats Dark Willow in 51.83% of 10,872 ranked matches.
Getting charged by a Spirit Breaker is often a death sentence for a support, but Dark Willow has an unusual number of answers. Her Cursed Crown can be timed to stun him right as he arrives. A well-placed Bramble Maze can stop the Charge of Darkness completely, often turning an aggressive gank into a fatal mistake for him. Even if Spirit Breaker does connect with his spells, Dark Willow can use Shadow Realm to become untargetable, dodging his initial burst and buying her team time to react.
This matchup often becomes a mind game. A patient Spirit Breaker will try to bait out Willow's defensive spells before committing his own, or simply build a Black King Bar to run through her controls. On the other side, Dark Willow's goal is to maintain good vision and positioning, never getting caught alone. Her ultimate, Terrorize, is a fight-reset button that can completely foil Spirit Breaker's initiation, saving not only herself but her entire team. The winner is usually decided by who has better awareness and who forces the other's hand first.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow's win rate against Spirit Breaker 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 | Dark Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 46.32% | 680 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.65% | 1,529 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.85% | 1,357 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.68% | 592 |
Dark Willow's win rate against Spirit Breaker in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dark Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 48.17% | ▼ -0.1pp | 10,872 |
| 7.41d | 48.25% | ▲ +0.1pp | 113,762 |
| 7.41c | 48.19% | ▼ -0.8pp | 49,472 |
| 7.41b | 48.97% | — | 59,661 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow starts on Radiant and Spirit Breaker on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.