How Bane and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Storm Spirit win 44.23% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,534 matches.
Pairing these two for ganks often looks better on paper than it feels in-game. While Bane can hold a target in place with Fiend's Grip for Storm Spirit to kill, their kits can clash. Storm wants to initiate with Electric Vortex, which can feel redundant if Bane is already channeling his ultimate. The coordination with Nightmare is also tricky; a misplaced Static Remnant from Storm Spirit will instantly wake the target, ruining the setup. Because their abilities can interfere with or overlap each other without precise timing, securing a kill often feels less efficient than it should be. The combo relies heavily on communication to avoid wasting a key spell.
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 | 40.83% | 169 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.83% | 397 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.87% | 375 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.37% | 247 |
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 | 44.23% | ▼ -2.1pp | 3,534 |
| 7.41d | 46.37% | ▼ -1.8pp | 39,137 |
| 7.41c | 48.15% | ▲ +1.7pp | 14,941 |
| 7.41b | 46.49% | — | 10,963 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.