How Death Prophet and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Vengeful Spirit win 54.63% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 670 matches.
Teamfights with Exorcism active can feel like a missed opportunity. Vengeful Spirit's Vengeance Aura is a core part of her teamfight contribution, but it only boosts physical damage. This offers very little to Death Prophet, who relies on the magical damage from her ultimate and Spirit Siphon to do the heavy lifting. This is a fundamental mismatch in damage types. Even a well-timed Nether Swap can feel awkward, as it's a tool for isolating one target for a hero who would rather have a chaotic, drawn-out fight to drain multiple enemies.
As the game progresses, this pairing struggles to find a shared rhythm. Vengeful Spirit wants to find a quick pick-off with her stun and armor reduction to create a numbers advantage. Death Prophet, however, needs the fight to last longer for her sustained damage to wear the enemy team down. Opponents can exploit this lack of focus by bursting down Vengeful Spirit or kiting Death Prophet's ultimate. The heroes end up pursuing different goals within the same fight, which often keeps either of them from making a decisive impact.
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 | 50.45% | 331 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.93% | 679 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.98% | 565 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.04% | 192 |
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 | 54.63% | ▲ +3.9pp | 670 |
| 7.41d | 50.68% | ▲ +1.5pp | 62,005 |
| 7.41c | 49.21% | ▼ -1.0pp | 23,109 |
| 7.41b | 50.23% | — | 22,455 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.