How Drow Ranger and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Spectre win 47.96% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 417 matches.
Picking these two heroes together presents the enemy with a difficult choice in every teamfight. Spectre’s Haunt creates instant chaos by singling out a vulnerable backline hero. This forces the opponent to either turn and try to save that hero, or continue their own plan of attack. Either way, this distraction gives Drow Ranger the space she needs to stand back and output enormous physical damage. If the enemy team decides to ignore the Haunt and dive Drow, Spectre often secures a quick kill and can then rejoin the fight to clean up.
This dynamic really comes online once both heroes have a few core items. A typical fight starts with Haunt, forcing the enemy team to split their attention. Drow Ranger’s Frost Arrows then slow down anyone she targets, making it even harder for them to reposition or save an ally from a Spectre illusion. Opponents have to commit everything to bursting one of the two cores down instantly. Any hesitation or split focus usually results in Drow Ranger dealing uncontested damage while Spectre dismantles their supports from the inside out.
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 | 51.27% | 433 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.00% | 588 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.82% | 183 |
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 | 47.96% | ▼ -6.0pp | 417 |
| 7.41d | 53.94% | ▼ -0.4pp | 47,815 |
| 7.41c | 54.30% | ▲ +1.4pp | 22,429 |
| 7.41b | 52.88% | — | 19,443 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.