How Ember Spirit and Lion perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Lion win 47.40% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 19,471 matches.
Failing to convert early kills into map control is a common theme here. Lion’s lockdown from Hex and Earth Spike can set up kills for an active Ember Spirit, but the problem is what happens after the target is dead. Neither hero excels at hitting towers or clearing creep waves quickly to apply pressure. Ember’s kit is designed for fighting heroes, not buildings, and Lion offers very little structural damage. As a result, successful ganks don't consistently translate into objectives, allowing opponents time to recover.
This duo has to play for an early lead. In the laning stage, Lion’s control makes it easy for Ember to land Searing Chains and secure kills. If they snowball from this, Ember can build items that let him contribute to pushing. If the game stays even, though, their shared weakness becomes a serious liability. Enemies can defend by grouping up, knowing that even if they lose a fight near their tower, the structure itself isn't in immediate danger. This forces Ember and Lion to depend on their other teammates to turn their successful skirmishes into actual map advantage.
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 | 43.54% | 774 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.51% | 2,641 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.71% | 3,038 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.29% | 1,418 |
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 | 47.40% | ▼ -0.2pp | 19,471 |
| 7.41d | 47.59% | ▼ -0.6pp | 209,527 |
| 7.41c | 48.15% | ▼ -0.4pp | 109,795 |
| 7.41b | 48.58% | — | 115,095 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.