How Bristleback and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 52.63%
Win rate when Bristleback and Spirit Breaker are on the same team, over 43,577 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Bristleback and Spirit Breaker win 52.63% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 43,577 matches.
Why this works
Assuming these two heroes just mindlessly run at the enemy together misses the point. The real value is how Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness can hold a single target down, giving Bristleback the time he needs to close the distance and start stacking Viscous Nasal Goo. This prevents enemies from simply kiting Bristleback, forcing them into the extended brawl he wants. A coordinated gank from these two can be very effective at securing a key kill.
Bristleback + Spirit Breaker by rank
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
57.03%
640
Crusader & Archon
51.52%
1,547
Legend & Ancient
50.05%
967
Divine & Immortal
53.59%
181
Bristleback + Spirit Breaker across patches
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
7.41f
52.63%
▲ +0.3pp
43,577
7.41e
52.37%
▼ -0.2pp
131,505
7.41d
52.54%
▼ -0.2pp
158,228
7.41c
52.74%
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80,909
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