How Drow Ranger and Earth Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Earth Spirit win 45.84% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,763 matches.
Chasing down a lone target can feel straightforward for this duo. Earth Spirit provides the mobile initiation and lockdown by Rolling in and stunning a hero. This creates a clear window for Drow Ranger to unload damage from a safe distance, slowing them with Frost Arrows. Should the target try to fight back or escape with an ability, Drow’s Gust provides a long silence to secure the kill. Earth Spirit’s ability to reposition enemies with his spells can also help keep them from getting away from Drow’s consistent damage output.
This partnership often feels less coordinated in larger teamfights. Earth Spirit excels at diving into the enemy team to cause chaos, while Drow Ranger must maintain a significant distance to survive and deal damage. This positioning difference can leave Earth Spirit isolated or force Drow Ranger too far from the targets he's controlling. Success hinges on Earth Spirit catching someone on the edge of the fight for Drow to focus. Teams will often try to exploit this by diving straight for Drow, forcing Earth Spirit to use his valuable control spells defensively instead of for offensive setups.
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 | 47.11% | 380 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.10% | 1,447 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.50% | 1,777 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.18% | 826 |
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 | 45.84% | ▼ -6.2pp | 10,763 |
| 7.41d | 52.02% | ▲ +0.3pp | 105,333 |
| 7.41c | 51.75% | ▲ +1.8pp | 34,148 |
| 7.41b | 49.94% | — | 24,542 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.