How Earth Spirit and Viper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Viper win 49.25% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,842 matches.
Picking these two together often feels better on paper than it does in a real game. Earth Spirit is great at starting fights and controlling enemy heroes with a well-placed Roll or stun. Viper can definitely capitalize on that lockdown with Nethertoxin and Viper Strike to wear down a single target. The issue is that their tools are too similar. Both provide a lot of slows and control, but they lack the combined burst damage to make it count quickly. Earth Spirit wants to play at a high tempo all over the map, while Viper is a more stationary hero who can't easily follow up on long-range initiations. They often end up wanting to do different things at different times.
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 | 43.20% | 169 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.09% | 541 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.85% | 533 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.17% | 264 |
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 | 49.25% | ▲ +0.3pp | 3,842 |
| 7.41d | 48.97% | ▲ +0.4pp | 37,032 |
| 7.41c | 48.61% | ▼ -0.2pp | 14,318 |
| 7.41b | 48.82% | — | 14,010 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.