How Earth Spirit and Io perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Io win 49.48% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,341 matches.
Facing a gank from Io and Earth Spirit can feel impossible to escape. Tether gives Earth Spirit the extra movement speed he needs to close the gap for a guaranteed Rolling Boulder initiation. Once he's on top of a target, Overcharge provides some extra right-click pressure and makes Earth Spirit surprisingly tanky. However, the partnership relies heavily on that initial jump. If Earth Spirit misses his roll or gets disabled before he can kick or pull a Stone Remnant, the gank often fizzles out. Both heroes also require tight coordination for a Relocate play to work, which makes the pairing less reliable than it might seem on paper and keeps their success fairly even.
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 | 34.38% | 128 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.34% | 563 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.10% | 691 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.45% | 364 |
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 | 49.48% | ▼ -0.9pp | 3,341 |
| 7.41d | 50.35% | ▲ +0.3pp | 22,543 |
| 7.41c | 50.09% | ▼ -0.7pp | 7,488 |
| 7.41b | 50.84% | — | 7,460 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.