How Ember Spirit and Pudge perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Pudge win 50.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 21,129 matches.
Landing a long-range Meat Hook on a core can feel like the perfect setup. Ember Spirit has plenty of time to get into position and follow up with Searing Chains and damage. The issue is that both heroes often want to play from different positions to achieve the same goal. Pudge wants to be hidden in the fog to land that key spell, while Ember Spirit prefers to be mobile, ready to zip in and out with Fire Remnants. Coordinating the perfect Dismember lockdown with Ember’s abilities can be clunky, and if the initial hook misses, Pudge offers little else, sometimes leaving Ember overextended and vulnerable.
This pairing is heavily reliant on successful mid-game ganking to create an advantage. When the hook-and-chain combos are landing, they can snowball the game by constantly picking off heroes and giving Ember Spirit space to farm. If those attempts fail, the lineup can feel disjointed and lack a solid teamfight plan. Neither hero provides reliable lockdown or strong tower defense on their own. Without a lead, Pudge can become a non-factor, and Ember is forced to play much more cautiously, unable to be the aggressive playmaker he wants to be.
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 | 47.93% | 845 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.59% | 2,869 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.34% | 3,126 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.57% | 1,669 |
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 | 50.77% | ▲ +1.1pp | 21,129 |
| 7.41d | 49.71% | ▲ +0.5pp | 223,990 |
| 7.41c | 49.17% | ▲ +0.0pp | 107,720 |
| 7.41b | 49.16% | — | 115,683 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.