How Chen and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chen and Spirit Breaker win 49.86% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 730 matches.
Setting the early tempo together can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, a Spirit Breaker charging a target slowed by Chen's Penitence is a simple and effective gank that can create early space. The problem is what happens next. Spirit Breaker wants to keep finding isolated targets, but Chen's strength often lies in grouping his converted creeps to push down towers. This can lead to them playing on opposite sides of the map with different goals. Unless their early kills translate directly into objectives, the enemy team often gets enough breathing room to stabilize, leaving this duo's shared game plan feeling disconnected and unable to build a solid advantage.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 53.45% | 116 |
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 | 49.86% | ▲ +3.3pp | 730 |
| 7.41d | 46.53% | ▼ -3.4pp | 8,442 |
| 7.41c | 49.93% | ▼ -0.4pp | 4,911 |
| 7.41b | 50.30% | — | 5,756 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.