How Dazzle and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dazzle and Spectre win 57.87% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,004 matches.
Trying to burst down a Haunting Spectre is a trap when Dazzle is on her team. Shallow Grave provides the crucial window of time for her to secure a kill, preventing her health from dropping below one. This guarantees Spectre can stay in the fight and continue dealing damage with her illusions. While she's hitting targets, Dazzle's spells also apply armor reduction, amplifying her physical damage output and quickly melting anyone she focuses. It turns a risky dive into a calculated execution.
This pattern defines fights from the mid-game onward. Spectre can initiate with Haunt, and Dazzle's job is to react from the backline and keep her alive long enough to snowball the fight. Opponents are put in a terrible position. If they try to go on Spectre, Grave ensures they waste their biggest spells. If they try to bypass her to kill Dazzle, they expose their own supports to her attacks and risk getting picked off one by one. The usual answer of 'burst the Spectre' fails completely here.
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 | 52.65% | 471 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.14% | 1,115 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.58% | 752 |
| Divine & Immortal | 60.83% | 217 |
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 | 57.87% | ▲ +2.4pp | 1,004 |
| 7.41d | 55.51% | ▼ -0.2pp | 79,764 |
| 7.41c | 55.76% | ▼ -0.3pp | 30,177 |
| 7.41b | 56.07% | — | 30,897 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.