How Vengeful Spirit and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit and Witch Doctor win 55.43% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,129 matches.
Getting pulled out of position by Nether Swap is already bad, but it becomes a death sentence with a Witch Doctor nearby. Vengeful Spirit provides the perfect, instant setup he craves. An isolated target is held down by Paralyzing Cask and Magic Missile, allowing Maledict to be placed without trouble. The follow-up Death Ward then gets its full duration on a single hero who can't escape. Even Vengeful Spirit's Wave of Terror contributes by shredding armor, making the ward's physical damage that much more effective.
This duo creates kill threats at all stages. A simple lane stun from one can easily lead to a follow-up from the other for a kill. Later, Vengeful Spirit can play aggressively, knowing that swapping a key target for Witch Doctor to eliminate is often a winning trade, even if she dies. Opponents are forced to play spread out to avoid Cask bounces and must prioritize vision to see ganks coming. Their main goal becomes bursting Witch Doctor before he can start his channel, or having an answer for the swapped hero immediately.
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 | 61.31% | 827 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.68% | 2,363 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.40% | 2,022 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.32% | 491 |
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 | 55.43% | ▼ -0.3pp | 2,129 |
| 7.41d | 55.71% | ▲ +1.5pp | 177,007 |
| 7.41c | 54.21% | ▲ +0.7pp | 57,943 |
| 7.41b | 53.51% | — | 54,385 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.