How Ember Spirit and Faceless Void perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Faceless Void win 47.28% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,975 matches.
Setting up a big Chronosphere is the main idea here. Ember Spirit can unload a ton of damage from a safe distance with Sleight of Fist, hitting everyone Faceless Void has trapped. This works well on paper, and when it connects, it can wipe out key targets before they can react. The problem is that this interaction is almost entirely what the partnership has to offer. Outside of that big ultimate, their abilities don't really support each other. They often operate as two independent heroes who happen to have one specific combo when the stars align.
Throughout the game, this leads to a bit of a disconnect. Faceless Void typically needs a lot of farm and time to come online, while Ember Spirit is stronger in the mid-game and wants to be active on the map. If Ember can't create enough pressure to give Void space, the game gets very hard. The whole strategy relies on using Chronosphere to win a critical fight, but if the cooldown is managed poorly or the fight doesn't go perfectly, they are left with two heroes whose game plans can be at odds.
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 | 43.00% | 307 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.80% | 984 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.84% | 958 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.98% | 441 |
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 | 47.28% | ▼ -0.6pp | 6,975 |
| 7.41d | 47.88% | ▼ -1.7pp | 87,566 |
| 7.41c | 49.59% | ▼ -0.1pp | 61,206 |
| 7.41b | 49.72% | — | 51,147 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.