How Vengeful Spirit and Io perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit and Io win 53.64% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,654 matches.
Executing a gank with this duo can be surprisingly safe. Io can tether Vengeful Spirit and then use Relocate on top of an enemy target. Once they arrive, Vengeful Spirit uses Nether Swap. Before the enemy team can react, the Relocate teleports both Io and Venge back to their original location, leaving the swapped hero completely isolated and ready to be picked off. This provides a reliable, low-risk way to start fights from anywhere on the map. Beyond that specific ultimate play, their kits don't have an unusual level of coordination; Io brings sustain and mobility while Vengeful Spirit offers a stun and armor reduction, which is a decent but not exceptional pairing.
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 | 51.40% | 321 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.23% | 965 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.99% | 971 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.36% | 397 |
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 | 53.64% | ▲ +0.7pp | 5,654 |
| 7.41d | 52.91% | ▲ +0.3pp | 51,013 |
| 7.41c | 52.60% | ▲ +0.4pp | 12,287 |
| 7.41b | 52.25% | — | 12,535 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.