How Ember Spirit and Necrophos perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Necrophos win 49.26% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,326 matches.
Trying to coordinate an attack with this pair can feel disjointed. Ember Spirit wants to play a fast, in-and-out game, using his mobility to flank and find openings. Necrophos is the opposite, a slow-moving anchor who wants the fight to come to him so he can wear opponents down with Heartstopper Aura. Ember looks for a stun or a root to guarantee his Searing Chains combo, but Necrophos doesn't have any reliable lockdown to offer before his ultimate. This means they often fight on separate axes, with Ember looking for pickoffs on the edge of a fight while Necrophos grinds away at the core of it.
The pairing isn't actively bad, though, because they don't step on each other's toes. The space and chaos created by a durable Necrophos can give Ember Spirit freedom to find his targets. Their one point of strong connection is kill securing. Ember is excellent at bringing a target's health down quickly, which sets up a perfect, undeniable kill for Necrophos with Reaper's Scythe. This turns Ember's damage into a guaranteed takedown that also penalizes the enemy's respawn timer. The success of the duo often comes down to these opportunistic moments rather than a cohesive teamfight plan.
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 | 45.96% | 322 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.04% | 1,095 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.38% | 1,239 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.77% | 694 |
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 | 49.26% | ▼ -1.6pp | 8,326 |
| 7.41d | 50.88% | ▼ -0.0pp | 92,069 |
| 7.41c | 50.92% | ▲ +1.2pp | 40,812 |
| 7.41b | 49.69% | — | 33,532 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.