How Arc Warden and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Arc Warden and Spectre win 51.70% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 735 matches.
Farming for two greedy cores often feels like a losing plan, but this pair works differently. Arc Warden creates space in a way few other heroes can. His Tempest Double can safely push out dangerous lanes and defend towers from across the map, forcing enemy reactions without risk. This constant, global pressure gives Spectre the one thing she needs most: uninterrupted time to farm her core items. When Spectre finally does join a fight with Haunt, Arc Warden can support her from anywhere on the map, dropping a Magnetic Field on her illusion to protect her from ranged damage and boost her attack speed.
The result is a game that feels impossible for the enemy to control. Splitting up to find farm means getting picked off by a solo Haunt, which is even deadlier if the target gets hit by Arc Warden's Flux. Grouping up to push means a slow, frustrating siege against endless Spark Wraiths and a Tempest Double. Spectre gets to choose her fights, and by the time she's ready to go, Arc Warden has ensured she's jumping into a favorable situation. The enemy team is caught between trying to end the game early and falling apart to the map-wide pressure.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 49.87% | 373 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.09% | 779 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.47% | 509 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.75% | 160 |
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 | 51.70% | ▼ -2.7pp | 735 |
| 7.41d | 54.41% | ▲ +0.4pp | 53,956 |
| 7.41c | 54.05% | ▲ +1.8pp | 18,665 |
| 7.41b | 52.29% | — | 19,902 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.