Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke wins the Earth Spirit vs Grimstroke matchup: Grimstroke beats Earth Spirit in 52.88% of 660 ranked matches.
Slowing down the game and protecting his cores gives Grimstroke a small advantage here. Earth Spirit relies on quick, decisive ganks to build momentum, but Grimstroke’s kit is designed to punish that kind of dive. If Earth Spirit rolls on a target, a defensive Ink Swell can turn the aggression around with a stun, buying crucial time for a counter-attack. The bigger problem is Soulbind. Leashing Earth Spirit to his own gank target makes it incredibly awkward for him to use his combo or disengage cleanly. While a skilled Earth Spirit can still play around these cooldowns or burst the fragile Grimstroke himself, those defensive spells are often enough to disrupt his tempo and keep key heroes alive.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Earth Spirit's win rate against Grimstroke 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 | Earth Spirit win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 46.03% | 428 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.55% | 591 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.72% | 345 |
Earth Spirit's win rate against Grimstroke in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Earth Spirit win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.12% | ▼ -0.8pp | 660 |
| 7.41d | 47.95% | ▼ -0.2pp | 37,453 |
| 7.41c | 48.17% | ▲ +0.1pp | 14,958 |
| 7.41b | 48.09% | — | 12,927 |
Move this data into a draft
Earth Spirit starts on Radiant and Grimstroke on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 12, 2026.