How Dawnbreaker and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Dawnbreaker and Vengeful Spirit win 56.25% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 40,544 matches.
Getting stunned by a Vengeful Spirit is often a death sentence with Dawnbreaker nearby. The stun provides a perfect setup for Dawnbreaker to land both hits of Starbreaker and a Celestial Hammer slow. On top of that, Wave of Terror shreds armor, making every one of Dawnbreaker's physical attacks land much harder. Vengeance Aura further boosts her right-click damage, turning a simple gank into overwhelming burst that is very difficult to survive, even for durable heroes. This reliable kill combo comes online early and never really stops.
Later on, Vengeful Spirit can play very aggressively with Nether Swap, knowing that Dawnbreaker can turn the fight with Solar Guardian from anywhere on the map. The enemy team has to be careful about picking off Venge, because it often baits a disastrous counter-initiation. Your best bet against them is to apply a silence or a break to Dawnbreaker during the initial stun, preventing her from unloading her full combo. Otherwise, you have to try to split them up entirely so they can't chain their abilities together.
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 | 53.59% | 237 |
| Crusader & Archon | 58.81% | 1,243 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.92% | 1,808 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.08% | 457 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 56.25% | ▲ +0.2pp | 40,544 |
| 7.41e | 56.01% | ▼ -0.1pp | 141,728 |
| 7.41d | 56.15% | ▲ +0.7pp | 150,749 |
| 7.41c | 55.47% | — | 52,130 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.