How Dark Seer and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Spectre win 51.74% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 518 matches.
Creating space for a greedy Spectre becomes much simpler with Dark Seer on the team. He can shove lanes from a safe distance with Ion Shell, buying time and map control for Spectre to farm her core items without feeling pressured. This lets her hit her Haunt timing sooner and more safely. When a fight does break out, Dark Seer can apply Ion Shell and Surge to the Haunt illusion attacking a key target. The target has to deal with Spectre's own damage, the burn from the shell, and can't easily run away. This combo ensures her mid-game ganks are successful, building a lead she rarely gives up.
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 | 52.13% | 188 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.78% | 512 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.39% | 496 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.30% | 241 |
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 | 51.74% | ▼ -1.1pp | 518 |
| 7.41d | 52.86% | ▼ -0.7pp | 40,113 |
| 7.41c | 53.55% | ▲ +0.6pp | 13,079 |
| 7.41b | 52.99% | — | 11,569 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.