How Crystal Maiden and Earth Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Earth Spirit win 50.89% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,447 matches.
Setting up a gank becomes much more reliable with this pair. Earth Spirit can initiate with a stun from Rolling Boulder, giving Crystal Maiden a clean opening for a guaranteed Frostbite. This lockdown chain is often enough to secure a kill on its own. Beyond the gank itself, Crystal Maiden’s Arcane Aura is a huge benefit for Earth Spirit. It allows the notoriously mana-hungry hero to stay active on the map, looking for openings and applying pressure without having to constantly return to base.
This duo thrives on converting that early map presence into a lead. In later teamfights, Earth Spirit can act as a bodyguard during Freezing Field, kicking or silencing enemies that try to cancel the channel. The advantage is only slight because the combo hinges on execution. If Earth Spirit misses his initial roll or gets caught out, Crystal Maiden is left slow and vulnerable. The plan requires good coordination, and a misstep from either hero can leave them both as easy targets for the enemy team.
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 | 49.62% | 260 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.20% | 1,045 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.60% | 1,251 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.73% | 550 |
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 | 50.89% | ▼ -1.3pp | 7,447 |
| 7.41d | 52.15% | ▲ +0.1pp | 58,120 |
| 7.41c | 52.05% | ▲ +0.6pp | 21,064 |
| 7.41b | 51.44% | — | 19,657 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.