How Rubick and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Rubick and Spirit Breaker win 52.15% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 25,009 matches.
Setting up a gank with this pair is straightforward. Spirit Breaker’s Charge of Darkness offers a reliable, long-range stun that makes landing Rubick’s Telekinesis almost guaranteed. This lockdown chain is long enough for any core to arrive and finish the target. Spirit Breaker's aggressive initiations also tend to bait out big teamfight spells from the enemy, creating perfect opportunities for Rubick to use Spell Steal on something impactful. The whole plan revolves around finding an isolated target and deleting them before a fight can even begin.
This gank-heavy style can create a lot of space in the early and mid-game. However, the duo provides control, not raw damage or the ability to push towers. Their effectiveness relies entirely on having other heroes who can capitalize on the lockdown. If the enemy team plays grouped up or has strong defensive saves, finding pickoffs becomes much harder. The game often comes down to whether Spirit Breaker and Rubick can successfully execute their ganks often enough to build a lead before the enemy can counter their single-target focus.
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 | 52.50% | 1,059 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.59% | 3,706 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.67% | 3,856 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.37% | 1,304 |
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 | 52.15% | ▲ +1.0pp | 25,009 |
| 7.41d | 51.13% | ▼ -0.2pp | 286,275 |
| 7.41c | 51.37% | ▼ -0.3pp | 157,644 |
| 7.41b | 51.66% | — | 179,346 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.