How Spectre and Viper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Spectre and Viper win 56.98% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,404 matches.
Getting caught by a Viper Strike is a miserable experience, and it's even worse when a Spectre is on his team. The massive slow makes it impossible to escape a Haunt illusion. This guarantees the target stays isolated, letting Spectre get full value from Desolate as she closes the distance. Viper's Nethertoxin often seals the deal by breaking any defensive passives you might have, making you incredibly easy to kill. The two heroes offer very little room for escape once they've chosen a target to focus down.
This ganking power comes online early. Viper is a lane bully who can set the tempo, and bringing in Spectre with Haunt turns any mid-game skirmish into a kill that accelerates her farm. Later on, Viper transitions into a utility role. He can use Viper Strike on the most threatening enemy hero, effectively removing them from the fight and setting them up for Spectre to clean up. The enemy team is forced to stay grouped together constantly, which often means they have to surrender map control or risk getting picked off one by one.
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 | 56.11% | 761 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.29% | 1,488 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.14% | 957 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.27% | 278 |
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 | 56.98% | ▲ +3.0pp | 1,404 |
| 7.41d | 54.00% | ▼ -0.5pp | 126,769 |
| 7.41c | 54.48% | ▲ +0.6pp | 55,397 |
| 7.41b | 53.88% | — | 52,951 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.