How Dawnbreaker and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Storm Spirit win 45.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 944 matches.
Picking these two heroes together is a bet on a single, telegraphed play. A deep Ball Lightning from Storm Spirit creates a perfect target for Dawnbreaker’s Solar Guardian, turning a solo gank into a teamfight-winning initiation. The problem is that both heroes often have conflicting goals. Storm Spirit is looking for quick, clean kills on isolated targets, using his mobility to escape rather than needing a bailout. Dawnbreaker, meanwhile, might be occupied pushing a lane or farming, unable to drop everything for a cross-map play that might not be the most important objective.
The result is that their success isn't really tied together. You'll see the big combo happen maybe once or twice in a game where the stars align. The rest of the time, they operate as two independent agents. The enemy team learns to anticipate the Solar Guardian and will save stuns for Dawnbreaker’s landing or simply burst the Storm Spirit down before she arrives. The game is usually decided by whether each hero can execute their own game plan, not by how well they enable each other.
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 | 44.81% | 241 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.80% | 772 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.46% | 904 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.59% | 440 |
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 | 45.34% | ▼ -4.5pp | 944 |
| 7.41d | 49.82% | ▼ -1.1pp | 87,964 |
| 7.41c | 50.87% | ▲ +0.5pp | 57,151 |
| 7.41b | 50.36% | — | 38,872 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.