How Pugna and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna and Storm Spirit win 41.74% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 357 matches.
Setting up kills with this pair can feel awkward. Storm Spirit relies on his initial burst, but he has very little lockdown to hold a target in place for Pugna’s follow-up damage from Life Drain. The two heroes also have a direct conflict in their kits. Pugna’s Decrepify is a great tool for amplifying magic damage, but it also disarms. If he uses it to save Storm from physical attackers, Storm can no longer use his Overload-charged right-clicks, which is a huge part of his damage output. This forces them into clumsy trade-offs during fights.
The core problem is that they want to play the game at different tempos. Pugna excels in a five-man deathball, using Nether Blast to siege towers and Nether Ward to control a specific area. Storm Spirit, on the other hand, wants to be a mobile menace, using Ball Lightning to zip across the map looking for solo pick-offs. This usually means Storm is off hunting while Pugna is trying to group up, or Pugna is setting up for a siege that Storm has little interest in. They end up pulling their team in two different directions.
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 | 40.65% | 155 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.34% | 323 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.83% | 263 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.00% | 100 |
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 | 41.74% | ▼ -4.5pp | 357 |
| 7.41d | 46.24% | ▼ -0.8pp | 32,741 |
| 7.41c | 47.08% | ▲ +1.1pp | 18,937 |
| 7.41b | 46.02% | — | 15,842 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.