How Storm Spirit and Windranger perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Storm Spirit and Windranger win 44.42% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,991 matches.
Picking two mobile, single-target heroes feels like it should create a gank squad, but the reality is quite different. Both Storm Spirit and Windranger fill a similar role: they need farm, they need levels, and they want to be the one snowballing off solo kills in the mid-game. Their kits don't complement each other for setting up those kills, either. Storm's Electric Vortex pull is often awkward for lining up a Shackleshot, which prefers a stationary or slow-moving target. Instead of enabling each other, they end up needing a third hero to provide the reliable lockdown that neither of them brings.
This leads to a greedy draft that struggles as the game progresses. The team often lacks a durable frontline or strong teamfight control, making it hard to contest objectives or defend high ground. If the enemy team groups as five, both Storm Spirit and Windranger have a difficult time finding a safe opening to burst a target. The game plan devolves into hoping for a pickoff on a stray support, but even then, both heroes are competing for that same limited farm and space on the map.
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 | 41.40% | 500 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.67% | 1,248 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.69% | 1,252 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.35% | 632 |
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 | 44.42% | ▼ -1.4pp | 9,991 |
| 7.41d | 45.80% | ▼ -0.2pp | 118,213 |
| 7.41c | 46.01% | ▲ +1.2pp | 54,405 |
| 7.41b | 44.82% | — | 41,195 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.