How Silencer and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Silencer and Spirit Breaker win 53.60% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 16,591 matches.
Pairing these two heroes creates a global ganking threat that forces opponents to play cautiously. Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness announces his arrival, but a well-timed Global Silence from Silencer ensures the target can't use spells to escape or get saved by an ally's teleport. The charge connects, the target is stunned, and then they are muted, leaving them completely helpless. This allows your team to secure kills on isolated heroes from anywhere on the map, which can easily translate into taking objectives or gaining a gold lead.
The combo's strength is tied directly to the availability of Global Silence. Once that ultimate is on cooldown, the synergy becomes much weaker. An enemy team can play much more aggressively during that window, knowing that Spirit Breaker's charges are easier to survive. The main counterplay is to stick together, making it impossible for Spirit Breaker to find a solo target for the combination. Because the setup is predictable and reliant on a long cooldown, its impact is noticeable but not always enough to decide the game on its own.
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 | 51.96% | 995 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.59% | 2,641 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.95% | 2,061 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.47% | 595 |
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 | 53.60% | ▲ +0.5pp | 16,591 |
| 7.41d | 53.11% | ▲ +0.1pp | 197,674 |
| 7.41c | 52.98% | ▲ +0.2pp | 100,482 |
| 7.41b | 52.79% | — | 112,079 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.