How Skywrath Mage and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Skywrath Mage and Spirit Breaker win 51.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 17,080 matches.
Picking off an isolated hero becomes much more reliable with this pairing. Spirit Breaker’s Charge of Darkness provides the perfect lockdown for a Skywrath Mage to unload his full combo. The initial stun allows Skywrath to easily land Ancient Seal, amplifying all the damage that follows from a full-duration Mystic Flare on a stationary target. This creates constant kill pressure across the entire map, forcing opponents to play safer and closer to their towers, which can slow down their farm and give your team map control.
This gank-heavy strategy lives or dies on its execution, however. The combo is telegraphed and entirely single-target, and experienced opponents will react to Spirit Breaker's charge by grouping up or preparing saves like a Glimmer Cape or Force Staff. If the initial burst fails to secure a kill, both heroes can be left in an awkward position. Skywrath is very fragile and easy to punish, while Spirit Breaker's impact wanes if he isn't snowballing from successful charges. The lane often succeeds or fails based on whether they can get ahead early, or if the enemy can weather the initial storm.
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 | 52.02% | 1,213 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.38% | 2,784 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.63% | 1,837 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.47% | 518 |
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 | 51.55% | ▲ +0.0pp | 17,080 |
| 7.41d | 51.52% | ▲ +0.6pp | 198,163 |
| 7.41c | 50.91% | ▲ +0.8pp | 93,652 |
| 7.41b | 50.08% | — | 106,678 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.