How Earth Spirit and Earthshaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Earthshaker win 49.17% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,598 matches.
Chaining together multiple stuns from downtown is the main idea here. Earthshaker can land a Fissure from fog, which gives Earth Spirit a perfect opening to Roll in on a stationary target. The combined lockdown is usually enough to secure a kill during the laning stage. The issue is that both heroes are trying to be the primary initiator. This can lead to them casting their stuns on the same hero at the same time, effectively wasting one of them and leaving the team without a follow-up. Their abilities can feel redundant if not timed perfectly.
This coordination problem gets worse in teamfights. Earthshaker is always looking for that perfect multi-hero Echo Slam, which requires enemies to be grouped up. Earth Spirit, on the other hand, might use Boulder Smash to kick a dangerous enemy away, but this can accidentally save them from the Echo Slam entirely. Success with this duo relies on one player committing their big spell and the other holding back to follow up, rather than both jumping in at once. Without that patience, they can easily get in each other's way.
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 | 50.20% | 245 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.20% | 1,026 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.25% | 1,267 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.71% | 553 |
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 | 49.17% | ▼ -1.3pp | 7,598 |
| 7.41d | 50.44% | ▲ +0.2pp | 58,430 |
| 7.41c | 50.20% | ▼ -0.2pp | 20,245 |
| 7.41b | 50.38% | — | 20,074 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.