How Skywrath Mage and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Skywrath Mage and Storm Spirit win 47.19% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 27,359 matches.
Combining their spells for a gank looks promising. Storm Spirit can use Electric Vortex to hold a target in place, which is exactly what Skywrath Mage needs to land a full Mystic Flare. Adding Skywrath’s Ancient Seal on top of that amplifies all the magic damage, creating a huge amount of burst. The main issue is that both heroes are incredibly mana-hungry. They can easily drain their resources executing a single kill, leaving them unable to fight again or apply pressure for some time afterward.
This shared focus on single-target magic damage makes the draft predictable. An enemy team can prioritize items like Glimmer Cape or Pipe of Insight to negate the duo's primary strength. Once key opponents get a Black King Bar, both Storm Spirit and Skywrath Mage have a very difficult time contributing. Without another source of physical damage or sustained lockdown on the team, they can struggle to close out games, even if they get a few early kills.
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 | 49.43% | 261 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.91% | 811 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.40% | 931 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.13% | 323 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 47.19% | ▲ +0.4pp | 27,359 |
| 7.41e | 46.81% | ▼ -0.5pp | 99,805 |
| 7.41d | 47.35% | ▼ -1.1pp | 117,472 |
| 7.41c | 48.47% | — | 57,092 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.