How Chaos Knight and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Vengeful Spirit win 54.31% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,222 matches.
Reducing an enemy's armor with Wave of Terror means Chaos Knight's damage, especially from Phantasm illusions, lands much harder. Vengeful Spirit’s Vengeance Aura also provides a helpful damage and attribute boost for the whole illusion army. On top of the damage amplification, her Magic Missile offers a second, targeted stun that makes it easier for Chaos Knight to keep someone locked down for his full combo. It's a direct combination of lockdown and physical damage buffs that lines up well with what CK wants to accomplish.
The usual game plan is to use this setup to find pickoffs and build a lead. Nether Swap can be a powerful tool for this, allowing Vengeful Spirit to start a gank by bringing a target directly to Chaos Knight. The main weakness is that this duo is focused on single-target burst. If opponents stick together and have good saves, their initiation can be turned around. Chaos Knight can still be kited or controlled in larger teamfights, and Vengeful Spirit’s kit doesn’t always do enough to solve that core problem for him.
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 | 53.97% | 604 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.21% | 1,262 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.16% | 743 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.67% | 151 |
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 | 54.31% | ▲ +0.2pp | 7,222 |
| 7.41d | 54.07% | ▲ +1.4pp | 76,169 |
| 7.41c | 52.65% | ▲ +0.4pp | 20,409 |
| 7.41b | 52.24% | — | 21,054 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.