How Magnus and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Magnus and Spirit Breaker win 50.10% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 14,978 matches.
Getting charged by Spirit Breaker is already a problem, but having Magnus nearby to Skewer you even further away from your team can feel impossible to survive. This long-range displacement is the core idea behind pairing these two heroes for pickoffs. Another angle is giving Spirit Breaker an early Empower, which lets him use his global presence to clear waves and jungle camps with cleave between ganks. This helps him scale and apply pressure everywhere at once, turning his usual nuisance factor into a real farm-accelerated threat.
The duo's game plan can sometimes feel a bit split, though. The Charge-and-Skewer play requires tight coordination, and a mistake can leave both heroes dangerously out of position. Furthermore, while Empower is nice on Spirit Breaker, Magnus often gets more value by placing it on a true hard carry later in the game. This can lead to awkward moments where the team isn't sure if they're playing for ganks with Spirit Breaker or for a big teamfight around a different core with Reverse Polarity. This lack of a single, clear path to victory makes their combined impact inconsistent.
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 | 49.91% | 527 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.97% | 2,221 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.59% | 2,380 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.99% | 888 |
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 | 50.10% | ▲ +0.5pp | 14,978 |
| 7.41d | 49.59% | ▼ -0.1pp | 148,568 |
| 7.41c | 49.64% | ▲ +0.9pp | 72,921 |
| 7.41b | 48.70% | — | 79,722 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.