Heroes
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rolling contest rateContest rate is the share of drafted games where a hero was picked or banned, over the trailing 15 professional games. The index below counts the same games in full, with no trailing window.
135 drafted games · Aug 13 – Aug 22, 2026 · patch 7.41e
Newest gameAug 22 · The International 2026
Tiny2/1513.3%
Dark Willow5/1533.3%
Windranger7/1546.7%
Io7/1546.7%
Lone Druid3/1520.0%
Axe3/1520.0%
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Biggest movers
Bounty Hunter13.3% → 93.3%▲ 80.0
Shadow Fiend46.7% → 80.0%▲ 33.3
Nature's Prophet40.0% → 73.3%▲ 33.3
Change at the last game vs the first full window. Heroes contested in at least 10 of the 135 games.
Top heroes by role
most-played heroes per position at The International 2026
Hero index
every hero at The International 2026Draft stats over 135 tournament games at The International 2026 matching the filters, picks filtered to position 2 (bans are position-agnostic). Heroes with fewer than 3 games at this position are excluded.
| Picks | Bans | P&B | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero | ∑ | WR | %T | Role% | %T | %T | |
| Shadow Fiend | 3 | 33.3% | 2% | 11% | 52% | 54% | |
| Monkey King | 3 | 66.7% | 2% | 50% | 7% | 10% | |
| Nature's Prophet | 3 | 66.7% | 2% | 15% | 37% | 39% | |
| Viper | 4 | 50.0% | 3% | 57% | 10% | 13% | |
| Slark | 4 | 100.0% | 3% | 100% | 3% | 6% | |
| Void Spirit | 5 | 40.0% | 4% | 100% | 1% | 5% | |
| Huskar | 6 | 16.7% | 4% | 86% | 20% | 24% | |
| Sand King | 6 | 33.3% | 4% | 100% | 7% | 11% | |
| Slardar | 7 | 14.3% | 5% | 37% | 22% | 27% | |
| Earthshaker | 7 | 57.1% | 5% | 78% | 4% | 10% | |
| Centaur Warrunner | 8 | 50.0% | 6% | 15% | 36% | 42% | |
| Storm Spirit | 8 | 50.0% | 6% | 100% | 10% | 16% | |
| Snapfire | 9 | 77.8% | 7% | 82% | 10% | 16% | |
| Dragon Knight | 11 | 45.5% | 8% | 100% | 4% | 12% | |
| Pangolier | 17 | 64.7% | 13% | 74% | 10% | 23% | |
| Puck | 18 | 27.8% | 13% | 100% | 44% | 57% | |
| Invoker | 22 | 40.9% | 16% | 100% | 44% | 61% | |
| Lina | 32 | 46.9% | 24% | 74% | 54% | 78% | |
| Ember Spirit | 32 | 56.3% | 24% | 91% | 47% | 71% | |
| Earth Spirit | 40 | 62.5% | 30% | 95% | 61% | 91% | |
