How Dragon Knight and Earth Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Earth Spirit win 50.46% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,944 matches.
Setting up a kill with Earth Spirit's Boulder Smash into a Dragon Tail stun is straightforward, but the synergy often ends there. Once the initial lockdown is over, their kits don't build on each other effectively. Dragon Knight is a durable frontline pusher who wants to stand his ground and hit buildings with his team. Earth Spirit excels at creating pickoffs and disrupting enemy positions, but he doesn't offer the burst damage to capitalize on his own setup, nor does he significantly accelerate Dragon Knight's objective-taking. They both provide control and initiation, but it can feel redundant. They operate as two independent, tempo-setting heroes who simply happen to be on the same team, not a cohesive pair.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 43.91% | 353 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.30% | 269 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.01% | 117 |
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 | 50.46% | ▲ +1.5pp | 1,944 |
| 7.41d | 48.94% | ▼ -0.6pp | 16,529 |
| 7.41c | 49.50% | ▲ +0.7pp | 6,939 |
| 7.41b | 48.85% | — | 7,454 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.