How Bane and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Spirit Breaker win 50.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,530 matches.
Setting up a gank with this pair is straightforward. Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness provides a reliable stun for Bane to land Fiend's Grip without any trouble, effectively deleting one hero from the fight before it even begins. Bane can also use Nightmare to hold a target in place, giving Spirit Breaker a guaranteed destination for his charge from anywhere on the map. This creates a simple and effective pickoff tool that can be executed from the early laning stage onwards.
The main issue is that both heroes invest heavily in killing a single target. While this excels at punishing players who are out of position, it struggles against coordinated teams that stick together. Once the initial target is dead, both Bane and Spirit Breaker have long cooldowns and limited tools to deal with the remaining enemies. The game often hinges on whether this duo can create enough of an advantage through pickoffs before the enemy team starts moving as a unit and overruns them in five-on-five engagements.
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 | 49.68% | 312 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.94% | 773 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.01% | 598 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.32% | 302 |
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 | 50.80% | ▲ +0.1pp | 5,530 |
| 7.41d | 50.71% | ▼ -0.4pp | 59,587 |
| 7.41c | 51.12% | ▲ +0.6pp | 22,184 |
| 7.41b | 50.52% | — | 21,173 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.