How Earth Spirit and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Skywrath Mage win 49.50% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,345 matches.
Kicking a target with Boulder Smash can give Skywrath Mage the opening he needs for his silence and burst. The stun provides a clear window to land his spells. The trouble is that Earth Spirit's other abilities, like Rolling Boulder, are more about slows and repositioning than long-duration lockdown. It can be difficult for Skywrath to keep a target inside a full Mystic Flare when Earth Spirit is busy disrupting and moving enemies around the fight. The setup potential is there, but it requires precise timing and coordination to fully convert into a kill.
Early ganks can be effective if the heroes sync up their abilities correctly. A successful roll into a kick can definitely secure a kill for a quick-reacting Skywrath Mage. As the game goes on, however, their priorities might diverge. Earth Spirit often wants to cause chaos, kicking key enemies away or silencing backliners, while Skywrath is looking for a single stationary target to eliminate. Since their ideal contributions don't always overlap perfectly, the combination ends up being fairly situational, without a strong advantage one way or the other.
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 | 42.91% | 261 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.23% | 874 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.79% | 972 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.13% | 468 |
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 | 49.50% | ▼ -1.1pp | 6,345 |
| 7.41d | 50.65% | ▼ -0.1pp | 53,734 |
| 7.41c | 50.73% | ▲ +1.7pp | 19,305 |
| 7.41b | 48.99% | — | 18,315 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.