How Troll Warlord and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Troll Warlord and Vengeful Spirit win 59.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 438 matches.
Taking objectives like Roshan or high-ground towers becomes a primary goal. Vengeful Spirit’s Wave of Terror shreds armor, which makes Troll Warlord’s physical damage absolutely melt through any target he focuses. This combines with the passive damage bonus from Vengeance Aura, accelerating Troll's farm and letting him dominate fights once he gets a few items. A stun from Vengeful Spirit is often all the setup Troll needs to get his Fervor stacks high and secure a kill. Later, Nether Swap is a perfect tool to either save a committed Troll Warlord who has used Battle Trance, or to bring a key enemy right into his face.
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 | 56.90% | 297 |
| Crusader & Archon | 59.67% | 486 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.78% | 279 |
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 | 59.82% | ▲ +5.3pp | 438 |
| 7.41d | 54.50% | ▲ +0.8pp | 37,305 |
| 7.41c | 53.68% | ▲ +1.0pp | 15,270 |
| 7.41b | 52.67% | — | 14,187 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.