How Lycan and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lycan and Spectre win 53.62% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,361 matches.
Trying to close out the game with a mid-game push puts Lycan on a different clock than Spectre. Lycan excels at creating pressure with Shapeshift, forcing the enemy team to react to his split-pushing and objective threats. This chaos naturally creates space for Spectre to farm her core items in peace. In turn, a well-timed Haunt can let Spectre join one of Lycan's aggressive plays from anywhere on the map, turning a pick-off into a bigger advantage. The core tension is that Lycan wants to end early, while Spectre needs the game to go long. The success of this duo often depends on whether Lycan's tempo can build a lead big enough for Spectre to secure.
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 | 48.39% | 124 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.10% | 344 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.25% | 315 |
| Divine & Immortal | 60.00% | 150 |
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 | 53.62% | ▲ +2.1pp | 2,361 |
| 7.41d | 51.47% | ▼ -0.8pp | 23,886 |
| 7.41c | 52.25% | ▲ +1.8pp | 9,975 |
| 7.41b | 50.41% | — | 6,574 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.