Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit wins the Magnus vs Vengeful Spirit matchup: Vengeful Spirit beats Magnus in 54.40% of 2,261 ranked matches.
Trying to land a game-winning Reverse Polarity is a nightmare against Vengeful Spirit. The entire game plan for Magnus revolves around catching a key hero with Skewer or his ultimate, but Nether Swap instantly saves that target and leaves Magnus stranded deep in enemy lines. To make it worse, Wave of Terror shreds his armor, meaning he gets blown up immediately after his failed initiation. Even a simple Skewer can be interrupted by her stun, so Vengeful Spirit has an answer for everything Magnus wants to do in a fight. Her whole kit feels built to pull his teeth.
As the game goes on, this forces the Magnus player to hesitate. He can't make the decisive initiations his team needs, which slows down his side's tempo and gives Vengeful Spirit's team free reign to farm and take objectives. The pressure is entirely on Magnus to somehow bait out the Swap or kill Vengeful Spirit first. A smart Vengeful player knows this and will position safely in the backline, holding her ultimate specifically to shut him down. She single-handedly zones one of the most feared initiators out of a teamfight before he even blinks.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Magnus's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | Magnus win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 43.19% | 477 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.09% | 2,198 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.28% | 2,610 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.11% | 869 |
Magnus's win rate against Vengeful Spirit in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Magnus win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 45.60% | ▼ -0.0pp | 2,261 |
| 7.41d | 45.61% | ▼ -1.1pp | 164,257 |
| 7.41c | 46.68% | ▲ +0.6pp | 55,258 |
| 7.41b | 46.05% | — | 51,140 |
Move this data into a draft
Magnus starts on Radiant and Vengeful Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.