How Ember Spirit and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Silencer win 50.36% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 12,074 matches.
Global Silence makes it very safe for an Ember Spirit to commit his Fire Remnants for a kill. A silenced target can't use defensive items or escapes like Blink Dagger, letting Ember land a full combo of Sleight of Fist and Searing Chains without any trouble. Silencer's Last Word can also be used for a similar effect on a single target if the global is down, creating consistent pickoff threat. This lockdown gives Ember the window he needs to apply all his damage before the enemy can react or get help from their team.
The game plan revolves around finding isolated targets and using that ultimate to guarantee a kill for Ember Spirit, which helps control the mid-game map. The issue is that their synergy is almost entirely based on Silencer's ultimate. When it's on cooldown, the two heroes don't interact much. Ember is all about mobility and diving, while Silencer prefers to fight from a safe distance. If enemies can survive the initial burst with items like Black King Bar or by grouping up, Ember can be left stranded deep in their lines with little direct support from a backline Silencer.
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 | 47.19% | 320 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.63% | 1,170 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.00% | 1,398 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.62% | 556 |
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 | 50.36% | ▲ +0.3pp | 12,074 |
| 7.41d | 50.05% | ▲ +0.4pp | 97,612 |
| 7.41c | 49.63% | ▼ -0.7pp | 50,703 |
| 7.41b | 50.36% | — | 51,711 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.