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Necrophos + Spectre

How Necrophos and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.

As teammates
Together 52.58%
Win rate when Necrophos and Spectre are on the same team, over 2,674 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos and Spectre win 52.58% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,674 matches.

Why this works

Drafting a Spectre usually means accepting a weak laning phase, but pairing her with Necrophos changes that equation. Necrophos provides constant lane sustain with Death Pulse, letting Spectre farm much more safely than she normally could. His Heartstopper Aura also wears down opponents, making it harder for them to harass Spectre out of the lane. This setup essentially patches the biggest hole in Spectre's game plan, letting her reach her critical items and Haunt timing without falling disastrously behind. The two can even secure early kills if an enemy overextends, turning a defensive lane into an offensive one.

Once Spectre has her ultimate, the game plan accelerates. A Haunt initiation creates chaos and isolates a target for Spectre to burn down. Necrophos can then follow up with Reaper's Scythe to secure the kill on that priority target, creating a global ganking threat. This forces the enemy team to play much more defensively and stick together, conceding map control. For the opponents, the only real counterplay is to crush the lane phase so hard that Spectre never recovers, because a mid-game Spectre backed by Necrophos's teamfight presence and execution power is incredibly difficult to stop.

Necrophos + Spectre by rank

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.

RankTeam win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian56.20%1,121
Crusader & Archon53.97%3,224
Legend & Ancient55.89%2,369
Divine & Immortal51.18%723

Necrophos + Spectre across patches

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.

PatchTeam win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 52.58%▼ -4.0pp2,674
7.41d 56.55%▼ -0.8pp242,591
7.41c 57.33%▲ +0.3pp106,662
7.41b 57.03%92,621

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Frequently asked questions

Do Necrophos and Spectre work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Necrophos and Spectre win 52.58% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (2,674 matches) — above the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Necrophos + Spectre number?
2,674 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 11, 2026.