How Tidehunter and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tidehunter and Vengeful Spirit win 54.30% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,429 matches.
Setting up a pick-off becomes incredibly reliable with this pair. Vengeful Spirit can Nether Swap a high-value enemy directly into a waiting Tidehunter, who provides the guaranteed lockdown with Ravage. This initiation is almost impossible to react to. Beyond the setup, Vengeful Spirit’s Wave of Terror shreds armor, making Tidehunter’s physical damage from Anchor Smash and right-clicks much more effective. Her Vengeance Aura also provides a straight damage bonus, turning the tanky offlaner into a real physical threat who can finish off the targets he catches.
This duo comes online the moment they both have their ultimates, allowing them to dictate the pace of the mid-game by securing easy kills. The enemy team is forced to play defensively and spread out, fearing the Swap-Ravage combination from the fog of war. In larger teamfights, Vengeful Spirit offers a crucial safety net. If Tidehunter initiates and gets focused, a timely Nether Swap can save him, letting his Kraken Shell reset and allowing him to re-engage later. Their whole game plan revolves around forcing fights on their terms, and the enemy has to constantly respect that threat.
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 | 56.64% | 482 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.87% | 1,627 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.43% | 1,411 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.88% | 411 |
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 | 54.30% | ▲ +0.2pp | 1,429 |
| 7.41d | 54.09% | ▲ +0.4pp | 127,212 |
| 7.41c | 53.74% | ▼ -0.8pp | 49,121 |
| 7.41b | 54.49% | — | 56,800 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.