How Medusa and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Medusa and Storm Spirit win 47.29% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,660 matches.
Facing this pair often feels like dealing with two separate threats rather than a coordinated assault. Storm Spirit will use Ball Lightning to dive the backline and look for a solo kill with Electric Vortex, creating chaos deep in a fight. The problem is that Medusa can't follow that kind of aggression. She's slow, and her damage from Split Shot is spread across the enemy team, not focused on bursting Storm’s target. The initial jump is rarely lethal without more immediate backup, giving enemies a chance to turn and punish the isolated Storm.
The core issue is a conflict of tempo. Storm Spirit comes online in the mid-game and wants to constantly pressure the map to snowball. Medusa needs extended, safe farm time to build the items required to be a real threat. This can create a long window where the team is forced to fight without their main carry or where Storm has to play too passively. Even late, their fight plans diverge; Storm looks for pickoffs on the edge of the fight while Medusa wants to stand her ground and slowly wear the enemy down with Stone Gaze.
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 | 41.86% | 129 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.87% | 363 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.24% | 279 |
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 | 47.29% | ▼ -0.2pp | 2,660 |
| 7.41d | 47.48% | ▼ -1.1pp | 33,885 |
| 7.41c | 48.58% | ▲ +0.2pp | 18,350 |
| 7.41b | 48.42% | — | 16,744 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.