How Invoker and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Invoker and Spirit Breaker win 52.67% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 30,935 matches.
Building a lead from the early game becomes a little more straightforward. Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness offers a reliable, long-duration stun on an isolated hero anywhere on the map. This creates a perfect, predictable window for Invoker to land a global Sun Strike, often securing a kill that would otherwise be impossible. If the gank happens near Invoker, a follow-up Cold Snap can further lock down the target, making the kill all but guaranteed and giving Spirit Breaker an easier time finishing the job.
This pressure forces the enemy team to play defensively, grouping up sooner than they'd like and spending more gold on vision to try and spot the incoming Charge. The success of the duo often depends on whether these pickoffs create enough space for Invoker to accelerate his farm and levels. If the enemy weathers the initial storm by staying together and punishing dives, the global threat diminishes and the game evens out, which is why the pairing offers a small but not decisive advantage.
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 | 53.50% | 1,600 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.39% | 4,710 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.95% | 4,198 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.52% | 1,633 |
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 | 52.67% | ▲ +0.1pp | 30,935 |
| 7.41d | 52.53% | ▼ -0.4pp | 334,378 |
| 7.41c | 52.93% | 0.0pp | 179,696 |
| 7.41b | 52.93% | — | 194,446 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.