Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Spectre wins the Sniper vs Spectre matchup: Spectre beats Sniper in 56.55% of 4,479 ranked matches.
Closing the distance is the key to killing Sniper, and Spectre's Haunt is the ultimate gap-closer. It allows Spectre to jump on Sniper from anywhere on the map, completely ignoring the safe positioning that is Sniper's only real defense. Once an illusion is on him, Spectre can instantly swap places and start attacking. Since Sniper often positions far behind his team, he becomes an isolated target for Desolate, which dramatically increases Spectre's damage. Even if Sniper fights back, Dispersion reflects a significant portion of his own physical damage back at him, making it difficult for him to win a straight-up fight before he gets melted.
This dynamic shapes the entire game. Before Spectre has her ultimate, Sniper can feel confident farming and applying pressure from a distance. Once Haunt is available, Sniper can never feel safe. Farming a side lane, sieging a tower, or even standing in the back of a teamfight becomes a massive risk. Spectre's goal is to simply farm until she has a few core items, then use Haunt to repeatedly eliminate Sniper whenever he shows himself. This forces Sniper's team onto the back foot, unable to use their primary damage source to control the map or take objectives.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Sniper's win rate against Spectre 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 | Sniper win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 43.32% | 2,112 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.86% | 5,740 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.13% | 3,629 |
| Divine & Immortal | 39.07% | 796 |
Sniper's win rate against Spectre in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Sniper win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 43.45% | ▲ +2.7pp | 4,479 |
| 7.41d | 40.75% | ▼ -0.6pp | 422,598 |
| 7.41c | 41.35% | ▲ +0.7pp | 197,781 |
| 7.41b | 40.63% | — | 175,427 |
Move this data into a draft
Sniper starts on Radiant and Spectre on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.