How Outworld Destroyer and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer and Vengeful Spirit win 55.39% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,782 matches.
Facing a Magic Missile from Vengeful Spirit with an Outworld Destroyer nearby is a clear threat. Vengeful Spirit provides the reliable lockdown that OD needs to unload his attacks, while Wave of Terror strips armor to make his right-clicks land harder. The Vengeance Aura also gives a passive damage boost, which helps Outworld Destroyer's output throughout the game. It's a straightforward offensive setup that can create kill pressure, but it's also very direct and lacks layers. If that initial stun doesn't connect or the target has a way to survive, the aggression can stall out quickly.
Later in the game, the combo's potential revolves around Nether Swap. Vengeful Spirit can pull a key enemy into the middle of her team for OD to delete with Sanity's Eclipse. The main issue is that this play is highly predictable. Experienced opponents will anticipate the swap, ready to either save their ally or instantly kill Venge the moment she arrives. If the duo fails to snowball from their early kill potential, they can find themselves struggling against teams that can absorb their initial burst and punish the predictable positioning that their combo requires.
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 | 57.06% | 361 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.47% | 1,233 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.81% | 1,290 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.14% | 415 |
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 | 55.39% | ▲ +2.8pp | 8,782 |
| 7.41d | 52.61% | ▲ +1.8pp | 73,259 |
| 7.41c | 50.82% | ▲ +1.0pp | 21,991 |
| 7.41b | 49.84% | — | 21,667 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.