How Spectre and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Spectre and Vengeful Spirit win 54.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,898 matches.
Trying to pin down and burst Spectre is the standard plan, but it backfires hard when Vengeful Spirit is on her team. Any attempt to gank can be instantly reversed by a Nether Swap, leaving the aggressor out of position and saving Spectre's life. This allows Spectre to farm more aggressively than she otherwise could. On offense, Vengeful Spirit's Wave of Terror shreds enemy armor, dramatically increasing the physical damage from Spectre's attacks and illusions. A simple stun from Venge is often all it takes to set up an easy kill for a Haunting Spectre.
This pairing comes online the moment Spectre gets her ultimate. From that point on, Vengeful Spirit isn't tethered to one lane; she can roam and set up kills anywhere on the map, knowing Spectre can join instantly. The enemy team is forced to play clumped together, as any isolated hero is a target for a stun, an armor debuff, and a Haunt. In later teamfights, opponents face an impossible choice: try to kill the Venge who will swap, or try to kill the Spectre who can be saved by that swap or simply Haunt away to an illusion.
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 | 58.42% | 772 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.95% | 2,131 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.85% | 1,628 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.08% | 503 |
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 | 54.32% | ▼ -2.2pp | 1,898 |
| 7.41d | 56.57% | ▲ +0.2pp | 149,162 |
| 7.41c | 56.35% | ▲ +0.7pp | 48,930 |
| 7.41b | 55.63% | — | 44,359 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.