How Kez and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kez and Vengeful Spirit win 52.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 719 matches.
Pairing Vengeful Spirit with a melee carry seems like a natural fit, but the reality with Kez is more complicated. Vengeance Aura boosts damage, sure, but Kez isn't a simple right-clicker. He's a duelist who wins by reacting and timing his stance swaps and parries. Vengeful Spirit's desire to initiate with Nether Swap or stun a primary target can actually disrupt Kez's rhythm. He wants to pick his own dance partner and control the tempo of the fight, not be thrown into a brawl where his defensive tools are overwhelmed.
This leaves their lane feeling pretty average. Vengeful Spirit offers a standard stun and armor reduction, but she doesn't specifically enable Kez's unique style. As the game progresses, their objectives can diverge. Kez often prefers to split-push, looking for isolated opponents he can outplay in a duel. Meanwhile, Vengeful Spirit is best used grouping with the team to force fights and ganks. This disconnect means they often fail to amplify each other's strengths, resulting in a partnership that functions but rarely excels.
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 | 50.79% | 252 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.74% | 681 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.22% | 644 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.00% | 242 |
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 | 52.71% | ▲ +3.1pp | 719 |
| 7.41d | 49.59% | ▲ +0.1pp | 59,283 |
| 7.41c | 49.54% | ▼ -1.5pp | 30,318 |
| 7.41b | 51.08% | — | 20,302 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.