How Crystal Maiden and Gyrocopter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Gyrocopter win 45.44% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 471 matches.
Picking these two together often feels like solving one problem by creating a bigger one. The idea is that Crystal Maiden's Arcane Aura will fuel Gyrocopter's spell-heavy fighting style, but this overlooks how vulnerable they are together. In lane, both heroes are slow and fragile, with no reliable stuns or escape. Aggressive opponents can run them down with ease. While Gyrocopter can spam Rocket Barrage more, the lane duo lacks the lockdown to turn that damage into a kill. They can't trade effectively and often get zoned out, giving up crucial farm and experience from the start.
This weak laning phase means Gyrocopter struggles to hit his timings. He enters the mid-game underfarmed and can't apply pressure. In teamfights, their plans conflict. Gyrocopter wants to be in the middle of the enemy team with Flak Cannon active, while Crystal Maiden needs to find a safe, hidden spot far from danger to channel Freezing Field. Neither hero is good at protecting the other. Gyrocopter can’t peel for a channeled ultimate, and a single root from Crystal Maiden is rarely enough to save a core who gets jumped on. They end up operating on separate parts of the fight, failing to combine their strengths.
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 | 47.98% | 248 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.72% | 521 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.72% | 426 |
| Divine & Immortal | 35.66% | 129 |
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 | 45.44% | ▲ +2.1pp | 471 |
| 7.41d | 43.37% | ▼ -2.2pp | 44,125 |
| 7.41c | 45.54% | ▲ +0.2pp | 20,950 |
| 7.41b | 45.36% | — | 24,556 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.