How Earth Spirit and Snapfire perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Snapfire win 45.51% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,516 matches.
Picking these two together is about layering control to secure kills. Earth Spirit can provide the initial lockdown with a Rolling Boulder stun or a Geomagnetic Grip silence, which gives Snapfire a clean opening for her follow-up. The most common plan is setting up for Mortimer Kisses. Once the blobs start landing, Earth Spirit can use his other abilities to knock or hold targets inside the damage zones, maximizing Snapfire's ultimate. Firesnap Cookie can also be used on Earth Spirit himself, giving him extra range to surprise an enemy with his initiation.
This pairing excels at creating pickoffs and pressure during the mid-game, aiming to snowball off early kills. The advantage isn't massive because the control isn't true lockdown. Mobile heroes can often escape the Mortimer Kisses area after the initial stun wears off, and a timely Black King Bar negates most of the setup. Enemies will try to split the map to avoid getting caught together, forcing you to commit both heroes for a single kill and reducing your overall map presence.
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 | 46.60% | 191 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.95% | 905 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.29% | 1,507 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.17% | 891 |
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 | 45.51% | ▼ -8.5pp | 1,516 |
| 7.41d | 54.04% | ▲ +2.0pp | 97,882 |
| 7.41c | 52.06% | ▲ +3.0pp | 25,428 |
| 7.41b | 49.08% | — | 10,302 |
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Data updated Aug 14, 2026.