How Sniper and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Sniper and Spectre win 53.24% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 82,621 matches.
Putting two late-game carries on one team seems greedy, but their kits cover each other's weaknesses. Spectre needs a safe early game to farm, which Sniper provides by defending towers with Shrapnel. In return, Spectre solves Sniper's positioning problems later. A Haunt initiation forces the enemy team to scatter and deal with illusions. This chaos creates the space Sniper needs to safely attack from the backline, picking off whoever Spectre isolates or finishing runners with a well-aimed Assassinate.
This pairing plays for the late game. Sniper's job is to stall and secure map control while Spectre builds her core items. Once Spectre is ready, fights become a nightmare for the enemy. They can't commit to diving Sniper because Spectre will Haunt in to punish them. But if they focus Spectre first, they leave a glass cannon completely untouched to mow them down from a safe distance. It's a classic pincer that forces impossible choices in target priority.
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 | 57.05% | 943 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.60% | 3,211 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.82% | 2,609 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.37% | 399 |
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 | 53.24% | ▼ -1.8pp | 82,621 |
| 7.41e | 55.09% | ▼ -0.1pp | 310,368 |
| 7.41d | 55.22% | ▼ -2.3pp | 316,557 |
| 7.41c | 57.56% | — | 130,133 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.