How Centaur Warrunner and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Centaur Warrunner and Spirit Breaker win 51.42% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 12,540 matches.
Forcing enemies to play defensively across the map can open up farm for your own cores. The combination of Spirit Breaker and Centaur Warrunner creates map-wide pressure by layering their initiations. Spirit Breaker can start a gank from anywhere with Charge of Darkness, and a well-timed Stampede from Centaur lets the entire team close the distance to follow up. This long-range threat is excellent for punishing lone heroes, with Centaur's Hoof Stomp providing another layer of lockdown to secure the kill once the team arrives.
The main issue with this pairing is that its game plan is predictable. Seeing Spirit Breaker charge an ally is a clear signal for the enemy team to group up, use a save, or prepare a counter-initiation. If the initial gank on a single target fails, both heroes have committed major ultimates and can be left in a bad position. The success of this duo often hinges on converting those early pickoffs into objectives before the opponent can itemize to survive the initial burst and turn the fight.
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 | 53.35% | 553 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.38% | 1,987 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.28% | 1,905 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.84% | 634 |
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 | 51.42% | ▼ -1.6pp | 12,540 |
| 7.41d | 52.99% | ▲ +0.8pp | 103,606 |
| 7.41c | 52.24% | ▲ +2.3pp | 40,340 |
| 7.41b | 49.92% | — | 42,885 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.