How Vengeful Spirit and Warlock perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit and Warlock win 53.93% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,055 matches.
Securing early map control and objectives is often more straightforward for this duo. In the lane, Vengeful Spirit can provide the lockdown needed to ensure Warlock’s Shadow Word does its full damage, creating kill pressure that can choke out opponents. This momentum translates well into teamfights. Venge’s Wave of Terror reduces armor, amplifying the physical damage from Warlock’s Golem after a Chaotic Offering. Her Nether Swap can also be used to drag an enemy back into an Upheaval, or simply to reposition Warlock himself after he commits his long-cooldown ultimate, making the whole sequence much safer.
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 | 55.14% | 399 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.16% | 1,090 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.43% | 946 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.16% | 245 |
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 | 53.93% | ▲ +0.0pp | 1,055 |
| 7.41d | 53.90% | ▲ +1.2pp | 84,028 |
| 7.41c | 52.69% | ▲ +0.7pp | 25,623 |
| 7.41b | 52.03% | — | 26,752 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.