How Hoodwink and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Hoodwink and Storm Spirit win 43.48% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,184 matches.
Trying to burst a single target often exposes the main problem here. Storm Spirit wants to use Ball Lightning to close the gap and immediately get a kill, but he relies on his team for instant lockdown. Hoodwink's Bushwhack is powerful, but it's conditional on trees and isn't instant. This delay gives the target a window to react. Worse, Storm's own Electric Vortex can pull the enemy towards him, potentially yanking them out of range of a perfectly aimed Bushwhack before it even lands. Their kits are trying to accomplish the same goal, but the mechanics can actively work against each other.
Across the game, this duo struggles to create the pickoffs they need to get ahead. During Storm Spirit's key mid-game timings, he'll find himself initiating onto a hero that Hoodwink simply can't stun reliably. This forces Storm into awkward positions where he either has to commit without a guarantee or back off entirely. Opponents learn to play away from treelines, further neutralizing the combo. Without that easy setup, both heroes lack the control needed to secure kills on mobile cores, leading to failed ganks and a loss of map pressure.
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 | 40.00% | 500 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.94% | 1,165 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.15% | 1,032 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.78% | 527 |
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 | 43.48% | ▼ -2.2pp | 9,184 |
| 7.41d | 45.66% | ▼ -1.2pp | 110,910 |
| 7.41c | 46.86% | ▲ +0.2pp | 61,898 |
| 7.41b | 46.65% | — | 45,428 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.