How Mars and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Vengeful Spirit win 46.42% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 754 matches.
Setting up a perfect Arena of Blood often leaves Vengeful Spirit with awkward choices. Her main job is repositioning heroes with Nether Swap, but swapping an enemy inside puts her in extreme danger, and swapping Mars out to save him wastes the entire ultimate. While her Wave of Terror reduces armor, making Mars's physical damage better, this doesn't compensate for the lack of a strong ultimate combination. Both heroes want to control enemy positions, but their tools don't stack together effectively; they often accomplish similar but separate goals.
Early on, the lane can feel decent with two stuns and good right-click damage. The problem appears in the mid-game when Mars relies on big teamfight-winning Arenas to create space and secure objectives. Vengeful Spirit's kit is better suited to single-target pickoffs and saving allies who are out of position. This leads to fights where Mars traps several enemies but lacks the follow-up control or damage that other supports could provide, allowing key targets to survive. The overall impact feels disjointed, with each hero trying to execute a different plan.
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 | 55.71% | 210 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.07% | 701 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.64% | 917 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.63% | 354 |
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 | 46.42% | ▼ -3.7pp | 754 |
| 7.41d | 50.08% | ▲ +1.9pp | 73,827 |
| 7.41c | 48.15% | ▲ +0.6pp | 31,171 |
| 7.41b | 47.56% | — | 31,367 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.