How Ember Spirit and Winter Wyvern perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Winter Wyvern win 50.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,735 matches.
Facing this pair often creates messy teamfights. Winter's Curse can turn a key enemy against their own ally, completely disrupting an initiation. While the enemy team is occupied with their cursed teammate, Ember Spirit is free to use Sleight of Fist across the remaining heroes, spreading damage and looking for a multi-hero Searing Chains. The synergy isn't about bursting one hero together, but about Winter Wyvern creating chaos that Ember exploits on the other available targets. A well-timed Cold Embrace from Winter Wyvern can also save Ember if he gets caught while being aggressive.
This dynamic comes together in mid-game skirmishes where control is key. Winter Wyvern provides the tools to let Ember Spirit play on the edge and survive, but their plans can feel disconnected. Ember wants to jump in and out with Fire Remnants, while Wyvern prefers a more structured, positional fight. If the enemy team can spread out and avoid clumping up for Winter's Curse, they can often isolate one of the two heroes. The success of the lane depends heavily on coordination, as their tempos don't always naturally align without it.
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 | 44.53% | 137 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.86% | 440 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.73% | 549 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.00% | 407 |
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 | 50.47% | ▲ +1.9pp | 3,735 |
| 7.41d | 48.60% | ▼ -0.6pp | 38,393 |
| 7.41c | 49.20% | ▼ -1.9pp | 20,055 |
| 7.41b | 51.12% | — | 19,460 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.