How Medusa and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Medusa and Spectre win 50.86% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,449 matches.
Casting Stone Gaze during a Haunt puts enemies in a bind. They can either face Medusa and be petrified, or they can turn their back on her to run or fight a Spectre illusion, which means they get hit by a massive slow instead. Either outcome makes them easy targets. This setup gives Medusa free hits with Split Shot, and slowed enemies can’t escape the damage from Spectre and her illusions. The primary challenge is that both heroes need a ton of farm. Getting two such greedy cores to the late game can be very difficult, which is why this pairing is effective but not a guaranteed win.
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 | 44.93% | 138 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.95% | 262 |
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 | 50.86% | ▼ -1.2pp | 1,449 |
| 7.41d | 52.08% | ▼ -0.7pp | 17,158 |
| 7.41c | 52.82% | ▲ +0.6pp | 8,400 |
| 7.41b | 52.19% | — | 8,722 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.