How Earth Spirit and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Troll Warlord win 50.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,838 matches.
Thinking you can set up perfect kills for Troll Warlord is a common trap with this pair. On paper, Earth Spirit provides the stun from Rolling Boulder to let Troll get in close and build Fervor stacks. The problem is that Earth Spirit's other abilities can be disruptive. A poorly aimed Boulder Smash can knock an enemy away from Troll, which is especially bad if he's using Battle Trance and can't switch targets. Earth Spirit wants to create chaos and reposition everyone, while Troll Warlord wants to lock onto a single hero and stay on them. These goals sometimes align but often conflict, leaving their overall impact together feeling pretty neutral.
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 | 48.57% | 105 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.59% | 290 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.00% | 226 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.85% | 111 |
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 | 50.54% | ▼ -0.1pp | 1,838 |
| 7.41d | 50.62% | ▼ -0.6pp | 14,604 |
| 7.41c | 51.24% | ▲ +1.4pp | 6,095 |
| 7.41b | 49.84% | — | 5,652 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.