How Pugna and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna and Vengeful Spirit win 55.56% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 747 matches.
Pushing down towers and controlling the map becomes a more consistent strategy with this duo. Pugna provides immense building damage with Nether Blast, but his fragility often makes sieging a risky proposition. Vengeful Spirit solves this problem directly. A well-timed Nether Swap can pull Pugna out of a gank, letting him reset and continue the push. Her Magic Missile also provides lockdown for Pugna to land his spells, while Vengeance Aura offers a passive damage boost that helps him and the entire team melt objectives and heroes faster. This allows Pugna to play on the enemy's side of the map with much more confidence.
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 | 50.40% | 252 |
| Crusader & Archon | 58.23% | 723 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.37% | 630 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.56% | 192 |
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 | 55.56% | ▲ +2.4pp | 747 |
| 7.41d | 53.17% | ▲ +1.3pp | 51,487 |
| 7.41c | 51.82% | ▼ -0.1pp | 16,024 |
| 7.41b | 51.96% | — | 15,138 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.