How Batrider and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Batrider and Storm Spirit win 22.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 89 matches.
Pulling a target back with Flaming Lasso so Storm Spirit can unload sounds like a guaranteed kill. The issue is that both of these heroes are exceptionally greedy and want to do the same job. Batrider and Storm Spirit both need a massive amount of farm and experience to hit their timings and become effective initiators. By trying to occupy the same core role, they often starve each other of resources, leaving one or both too weak to snowball. Even if they get ahead, they both deal primarily magic damage. This makes it very easy for the enemy to itemize against your whole plan with an early Pipe of Insight, shutting down your burst potential before a fight even begins.
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 | 23.76% | 101 |
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 early | 22.47% | ▼ -17.3pp | 89 |
| 7.41d | 39.81% | ▼ -1.8pp | 12,636 |
| 7.41c | 41.62% | ▼ -4.8pp | 8,332 |
| 7.41b | 46.39% | — | 14,381 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.