Vengeful Spirit is picked in 8.8% of Very High matches, 10.3% of High and 10.2% of Normal, and wins 51.3% / 52.1% / 52.8%. Magic Missile stuns a target, Wave of Terror lowers enemy armor and attack damage, Vengeance Aura adds damage to nearby allies, Retribution makes her count as both ranged and melee, and Nether Swap swaps places with any hero. Her curve is flat: her team gains more XP in 49.6–51.6% of games at every stage, and she wins 53.1% of games under 25 minutes, 52.6% at 25–50 and 50.5% past 50.
Countered by BroodmotherBroodmother doesn't win the lane on XP: her team gains more XP in only 41% of games before minute 15. She wins anyway when the game is short: 77.4% of the 177 games under 25 minutes.
Vengeful Spirit's best spells hit one hero: Magic Missile stuns one target and Nether Swap moves one. Broodmother fights and pushes with spiderlings, so there is rarely a good target near her. Spin Web lets her move freely and push lanes, and Insatiable Hunger gives her and her spiderlings lifesteal. The XP-gain share is 49.9% between minutes 15 and 35.
This counter is about ending early: Broodmother wins only 48.2% of 25–50 minute games (1,677 games) and 47.3% past 50 (201 games), and her XP-gain share is 45% after minute 35. The edge is mostly in Very High (+12.95), with +8.51 in High and only +2.61 in Normal. Broodmother wins 53.9% / 51% / 49.4% (Very High / High / Normal) against Vengeful Spirit, against her usual 48.7% / 48.8% / 50.9%. She is a rare pick, so this comes from 2,055 games.
Best teammate: WarlockThe pair starts ahead: their team gains more XP in 52.6% of games before minute 15. Magic Missile stuns a target for Shadow Word's damage.
Nether Swap drags an enemy into the middle of Vengeful Spirit's team, where Fatal Bonds spreads the damage one of them takes to the others and Upheaval slows the whole area. Chaotic Offering summons a Golem that stuns on landing, and Wave of Terror lowers the armor of every bonded enemy. Vengeance Aura adds damage to every ally fighting next to her. The XP-gain share is 49.9% between minutes 15 and 35.
The pair wins 64% of games under 25 minutes (111 games), 55.1% at 25–50 (3,522 games) and 51.7% past 50 (739 games), with an XP-gain share of 53.8% after minute 35. The advantage is +6.19 in Very High, +5.92 in High and +3.64 in Normal. The pair wins 52.6% / 55.3% / 55.3% (Very High / High / Normal), with Warlock normally at 48.3% / 50.3% / 50.7%.
Based on 2,111,000 public ranked matches of patch 7.41, played 30 September – 14 October 2026. Advantage is the win-rate difference from what the two heroes' own win rates predict, times two (+6 is about 3 win-rate points), weighted over the skill brackets. The live numbers on the Vengeful Spirit page update every few hours. More guides: Dota 2 counter guides.
