How Bloodseeker and Dark Seer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bloodseeker and Dark Seer win 54.22% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,459 matches.
Putting Surge on Bloodseeker can feel like an obvious pairing, but the two heroes' game plans don't always align. Dark Seer wants to create chaos in a teamfight, pulling enemies together with Vacuum for his allies to hit. Bloodseeker, on the other hand, is often happier hunting lone, low-health targets across the map, using Thirst to close the distance. While an Ion Shell on a fast-moving Bloodseeker is effective, and a good Vacuum can set up Bloodrite, they often want to be in different places. This tension between Dark Seer's teamfight focus and Bloodseeker's pick-off style means their synergy isn't always reliable, leading to fairly standard outcomes.
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 | 52.23% | 157 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.78% | 229 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.89% | 135 |
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 | 54.22% | ▲ +3.7pp | 1,459 |
| 7.41d | 50.51% | ▼ -0.2pp | 16,162 |
| 7.41c | 50.74% | ▼ -1.4pp | 6,610 |
| 7.41b | 52.17% | — | 6,753 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.