How Bounty Hunter and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bounty Hunter and Vengeful Spirit win 56.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,667 matches.
Accelerating the team's economy is the main idea here. Vengeful Spirit offers a reliable stun with Magic Missile, giving Bounty Hunter an easy setup for a Jinada hit out of Shadow Walk. Wave of Terror not only reduces armor for that initial burst but can also give a brief moment of vision to help land a Shuriken Toss. When these ganks succeed, Bounty Hunter's Track makes them more valuable, creating a gold advantage that the whole team can feel. Vengeance Aura also provides a small but consistent damage boost for Bounty Hunter's attacks.
This pairing encourages an active, roaming playstyle, hunting for isolated targets across the map. A well-timed Nether Swap from Vengeful Spirit can save a Bounty Hunter who gets caught out or pull a key enemy into a bad spot for an easy kill. The advantage is only a lean one because both heroes are fairly fragile and rely on getting the jump. An enemy team that sticks together and invests heavily in detection can shut down this pick-off strategy, forcing fights where neither hero excels at surviving sustained damage.
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 | 51.75% | 371 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.63% | 908 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.54% | 925 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.64% | 432 |
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 | 56.35% | ▲ +1.8pp | 6,667 |
| 7.41d | 54.51% | ▲ +2.8pp | 72,017 |
| 7.41c | 51.70% | ▲ +0.5pp | 20,010 |
| 7.41b | 51.21% | — | 18,208 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.