How Dark Seer and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Spirit Breaker win 52.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 690 matches.
Putting these two heroes together in a draft creates a simple, brutal ganking plan from the early game onward. Dark Seer places an Ion Shell on Spirit Breaker, who then uses Charge of Darkness on a target anywhere on the map. The victim is stunned on arrival and forced to take continuous damage while Spirit Breaker stands on them. If that isn't enough, Dark Seer can use Surge to guarantee Spirit Breaker connects his Charge, or to help another ally follow up on the initiation. It's a low-coordination combo that delivers a lot of damage and control.
This pressure forces opponents to play reactively for the entire game. From the laning stage, supports need to be ready with saves for anyone Spirit Breaker targets. Wards become critical for spotting the Charge before it hits. In teamfights, the threat is even greater, as a Surged Spirit Breaker can run straight into the enemy team, setting up an easy Vacuum for Dark Seer. The enemy has to either split up to avoid the wombo combo or focus all their effort on stopping Spirit Breaker before he starts his run.
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 | 49.76% | 205 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.50% | 499 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.64% | 645 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.19% | 470 |
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 | 52.32% | ▼ -1.0pp | 690 |
| 7.41d | 53.33% | ▲ +0.2pp | 50,984 |
| 7.41c | 53.17% | ▲ +0.4pp | 20,444 |
| 7.41b | 52.81% | — | 20,983 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.