Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit wins the Earth Spirit vs Sniper matchup: Earth Spirit beats Sniper in 51.00% of 1,602 ranked matches.
Trying to siege high ground against a Sniper often stalls out, as he gets to sit back and chip away at your team. Earth Spirit provides a direct answer to this problem. He can use Rolling Boulder to close the distance from the fog, getting right on top of Sniper before anyone can react. From there, a kick back into his own team or a well-placed silence is usually enough to secure the kill. This constant threat forces Sniper to play much farther back than he wants to, cutting his damage and making it harder for him to contribute. While a team can play around protecting Sniper, Earth Spirit has the exact tools to break that formation.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Earth Spirit's win rate against Sniper 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 46.52% | 417 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.97% | 1,444 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.78% | 1,383 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.83% | 460 |
Earth Spirit's win rate against Sniper 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 | 51.00% | ▼ -1.9pp | 1,602 |
| 7.41d | 52.88% | ▲ +1.3pp | 104,129 |
| 7.41c | 51.56% | ▼ -0.2pp | 44,812 |
| 7.41b | 51.80% | — | 38,584 |
Move this data into a draft
Earth Spirit starts on Radiant and Sniper on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 12, 2026.