Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker wins the Dawnbreaker vs Spirit Breaker matchup: Dawnbreaker beats Spirit Breaker in 52.96% of 2,179 ranked matches.
Securing map control against a Spirit Breaker is much simpler with a Dawnbreaker on your team. The core of the issue for him is Solar Guardian. A successful Charge of Darkness relies on isolating and bursting a target, but Dawnbreaker can land on top of that gank from anywhere on the map, healing her ally and stunning the attackers. This flips his entire game plan on its head. If Spirit Breaker charges Dawnbreaker herself, she's usually tanky enough to withstand the impact and can immediately use Starbreaker to stun him and fight back, as the ability completes even if she's getting bashed.
Throughout the game, this forces the Spirit Breaker to hesitate. He has to constantly track whether Solar Guardian is available before committing to a charge, which slows down his tempo significantly. His best option is often to try and bait the ultimate, or organize a smoke gank specifically on Dawnbreaker to remove her from the map first. This gives Dawnbreaker's team breathing room to farm and split push more freely, confident that they have a global answer to Spirit Breaker’s aggression.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dawnbreaker'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 | Dawnbreaker win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 51.85% | 596 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.59% | 1,985 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.50% | 2,103 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.78% | 807 |
Dawnbreaker'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 | Dawnbreaker win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.96% | ▲ +2.4pp | 2,179 |
| 7.41d | 50.61% | ▼ -1.0pp | 174,778 |
| 7.41c | 51.63% | ▼ -1.4pp | 112,659 |
| 7.41b | 53.03% | — | 108,308 |
Move this data into a draft
Dawnbreaker 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 11, 2026.