Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer wins the Outworld Destroyer vs Storm Spirit matchup: Outworld Destroyer beats Storm Spirit in 55.89% of 4,772 ranked matches.
Controlling the lane often comes down to a game of chicken over Astral Imprisonment. Outworld Destroyer wants to land it on Storm Spirit to steal intelligence, which shrinks Storm's mana pool and amps up the damage from Sanity's Eclipse. A successful steal can make it much harder for Storm to use Ball Lightning for aggression or escape. However, Storm Spirit is mobile enough to bait the spell or zip in between cooldowns. If Storm can dodge the Astral, he can often win trades with Overload charges and pressure OD out of the lane, creating a stalemate where neither hero can easily dominate.
The matchup's outcome depends heavily on which hero gets a lead and hits their timings first. An Outworld Destroyer who gets ahead can zone Storm Spirit out of teamfights, making it dangerous for him to initiate. Conversely, a Storm Spirit with an early Orchid Malevolence can repeatedly find and kill the less-mobile OD. Both heroes scale well, so the game becomes about which one can execute their plan better. The team that plays around their mid's item timings and provides the right support to counter the other's initiation usually comes out ahead in this knife-edge duel.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Outworld Destroyer's win rate against Storm 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 | Outworld Destroyer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 60.20% | 201 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.95% | 622 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.61% | 604 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.67% | 240 |
Outworld Destroyer's win rate against Storm Spirit in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Outworld Destroyer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 55.89% | ▲ +4.3pp | 4,772 |
| 7.41d | 51.58% | ▲ +0.9pp | 45,268 |
| 7.41c | 50.71% | ▲ +0.5pp | 22,327 |
| 7.41b | 50.26% | — | 20,090 |
Move this data into a draft
Outworld Destroyer starts on Radiant and Storm Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.