How Abaddon and Earth Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Abaddon and Earth Spirit win 51.20% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,285 matches.
Placing Aphotic Shield on an initiating Earth Spirit seems like a great plan, but the reality is often less clean. Earth Spirit is already so slippery that he can frequently escape bad situations on his own, making the defensive dispel from Abaddon less crucial than it might be for a different initiator. Their preferred fight structures can also clash. Earth Spirit excels at catching isolated targets from a distance, while Abaddon gets the most value from a sustained, close-quarters brawl where his ultimate can turn the tide. While Borrowed Time provides a decent safety net and a Mist Coil can help, the two heroes don't have a powerful, direct combo that consistently sets up the other for success.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 49.44% | 360 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.03% | 413 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.51% | 179 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.20% | ▼ -0.5pp | 2,285 |
| 7.41d | 51.73% | ▲ +0.1pp | 22,846 |
| 7.41c | 51.59% | ▲ +1.2pp | 6,503 |
| 7.41b | 50.44% | — | 6,437 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.