How Storm Spirit and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Storm Spirit and Zeus win 42.63% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 997 matches.
Getting jumped by Storm Spirit from across the screen feels like a death sentence. He zips in with Ball Lightning, uses Electric Vortex to pull a target, and Zeus provides the finishing damage from anywhere on the map with Thundergod's Wrath. The problem is that this entire strategy relies on a single burst of magic damage. If the target survives with a BKB or defensive item, the plan collapses. Both heroes often want the same role and farm, leading to a draft that's light on physical damage and frontline presence. Once the enemy team builds magic resistance, this duo struggles to find impact, as they’re both trying to do the same job.
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% | 425 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.61% | 1,197 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.67% | 1,155 |
| Divine & Immortal | 40.84% | 502 |
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 | 42.63% | ▼ -7.4pp | 997 |
| 7.41d | 50.03% | ▼ -0.6pp | 130,841 |
| 7.41c | 50.58% | ▲ +1.8pp | 65,400 |
| 7.41b | 48.79% | — | 49,788 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.