How Gyrocopter and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Gyrocopter and Spirit Breaker win 45.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 583 matches.
Pairing a global initiator with a short-range carry is always a gamble. Spirit Breaker creates opportunities anywhere with Charge of Darkness, but for the gank to work, his allies need to follow up quickly. Gyrocopter simply can’t keep up. His most powerful early spells, Rocket Barrage and Homing Missile, require him to either be on top of the target or have time for the missile to travel. By the time Gyrocopter can waddle into position, the initial lockdown from Spirit Breaker is often over and the target has recovered or been saved by their team.
This core disconnect makes their games feel disjointed. Spirit Breaker will often initiate a fight, but Gyrocopter is left playing catch-up, unable to commit his full damage without putting himself in extreme danger. In larger fights, Spirit Breaker wants to barrel through the enemy team to reach the backline, which doesn't create the stable front that Gyrocopter needs to stand behind and safely apply damage with Flak Cannon. The two heroes end up fighting separate battles, preventing either from executing their game plan effectively and leaving one of them exposed.
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 | 43.38% | 272 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.54% | 679 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.51% | 501 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.34% | 179 |
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 | 45.80% | ▲ +2.0pp | 583 |
| 7.41d | 43.80% | ▼ -1.2pp | 53,574 |
| 7.41c | 44.96% | ▼ -0.2pp | 27,071 |
| 7.41b | 45.20% | — | 34,711 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.