How Dragon Knight and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Storm Spirit win 45.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,625 matches.
Facing these two cores often feels less threatening than it should. Dragon Knight wants to group his team and methodically siege towers with Elder Dragon Form, creating a slow-moving frontline. Storm Spirit, on the other hand, wants to play a fast, scattered game, using Ball Lightning to find and assassinate isolated targets across the map. These game plans directly conflict, pulling their own team in two different directions. While Dragon Tail can set up a kill for Storm, the overall lack of synergy means opponents rarely face the combined pressure of both heroes at once.
This split focus creates openings for the enemy team. When Dragon Knight's team groups to push, Storm isn't effectively using his mobility to control the map or pressure supports. Conversely, if the team plays around Storm's ganks, Dragon Knight's own timings to take objectives are wasted. Fights tend to be disjointed, with Storm zipping in for a kill while a slow-moving Dragon Knight tries to catch up. A coordinated opponent can exploit this by either grouping up to nullify Storm's pickoff potential or by punishing the slow rotations of a team trying to follow DK.
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 | 42.52% | 214 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.13% | 432 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.12% | 258 |
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 | 45.79% | ▼ -0.4pp | 2,625 |
| 7.41d | 46.23% | ▲ +0.1pp | 32,396 |
| 7.41c | 46.16% | ▲ +0.3pp | 16,858 |
| 7.41b | 45.84% | — | 16,483 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.