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rolling contest rate

Contest rate is the share of drafted games where a hero was picked or banned, over the trailing 38 professional games. The index below ranks every hero over the current patch instead.

152 drafted games · Jul 31 – Aug 14, 2026 · patch 7.41e

Biggest movers

Sven7.9% 50.0% 42.1
Slardar10.5% 36.8% 26.3
Earth Spirit60.5% 84.2% 23.7
Bane86.8% 47.4% 39.5
Lone Druid94.7% 60.5% 34.2
Batrider31.6% 2.6% 28.9

Change at the last game vs the first full window. Heroes contested in at least 20 of the 152 games.

Top heroes by role

most-played heroes per position on patch 7.41e

Hero index

every hero on the current patch

Draft stats over 152 tournament games on patch 7.41e matching the filters, picks filtered to position 2 (bans are position-agnostic). Heroes with fewer than 3 games at this position are excluded.

PicksBansP&B
HeroWR%TRole%%T%T
Ember Spirit4259.5%28%100%41%68%
Earth Spirit3562.9%23%90%49%72%
Puck2842.9%18%97%50%68%
Lina2454.2%16%62%52%68%
Invoker2240.9%14%100%53%68%
Storm Spirit1855.6%12%100%14%26%
Sand King1442.9%9%100%6%15%
Pangolier1353.8%9%76%13%22%
Earthshaker1346.2%9%72%10%18%
Slardar1020.0%7%50%13%20%
Tiny850.0%5%28%31%36%
Snapfire771.4%5%44%11%15%
Viper650.0%4%67%16%20%
Void Spirit633.3%4%100%3%7%
Slark580.0%3%100%6%9%
Centaur Warrunner540.0%3%9%35%38%
Huskar425.0%3%80%31%34%
Necrophos425.0%3%15%28%30%
Io366.7%2%33%14%16%
Leshrac366.7%2%100%1%3%
Primal Beast366.7%2%75%1%3%
Nature's Prophet333.3%2%17%22%24%
Tinker333.3%2%100%1%3%