How Slardar and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slardar and Storm Spirit win 41.87% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 652 matches.
Applying Corrosive Haze to a target for Storm Spirit to burst doesn't accomplish as much as it seems. Storm deals almost exclusively magic damage, so the armor reduction is largely wasted. While the vision from the debuff is helpful, their initiation timings are also awkward. Slardar needs to get into melee range for his Slithereen Crush, often with a Blink Dagger. Storm Spirit wants to initiate on his own terms using his own mana pool. Instead of cleanly setting each other up, they can feel like two separate initiators competing for the same role. Slardar's lockdown and armor shred are more impactful for a physical damage carry who can stand and fight.
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 | 44.24% | 278 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.01% | 712 |
| Legend & Ancient | 38.74% | 586 |
| Divine & Immortal | 38.39% | 224 |
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 | 41.87% | ▼ -4.7pp | 652 |
| 7.41d | 46.60% | ▼ -1.7pp | 71,573 |
| 7.41c | 48.30% | ▲ +1.4pp | 44,413 |
| 7.41b | 46.94% | — | 36,854 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.