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 50 professional games. The index below counts the same games in full, with no trailing window.
267 drafted games · Jul 31 – Aug 23, 2026 · patch 7.41e
Newest gameAug 23 · The International 2026
Tiny15/5030.0%
Windranger22/5044.0%
Drow Ranger6/5012.0%
Alchemist5/5010.0%
Beastmaster4/508.0%
Io31/5062.0%
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Biggest movers
Change at the last game vs the first full window. Heroes contested in at least 20 of the 267 games.
Top heroes by role
most-played heroes per position on patch 7.41e
Hero index
every hero on the current patchDraft stats over 267 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.
| Picks | Bans | P&B | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero | ∑ | WR | %T | Role% | %T | %T | |
| Earth Spirit | 69 | 66.7% | 26% | 92% | 55% | 81% | |
| Ember Spirit | 69 | 56.5% | 26% | 95% | 42% | 68% | |
| Lina | 51 | 43.1% | 19% | 67% | 51% | 70% | |
| Invoker | 43 | 41.9% | 16% | 100% | 47% | 63% | |
| Puck | 43 | 37.2% | 16% | 100% | 46% | 62% | |
| Pangolier | 32 | 59.4% | 12% | 78% | 12% | 24% | |
| Storm Spirit | 24 | 54.2% | 9% | 100% | 12% | 21% | |
| Sand King | 18 | 44.4% | 7% | 100% | 6% | 13% | |
| Slardar | 17 | 17.6% | 6% | 44% | 18% | 24% | |
| Snapfire | 16 | 68.8% | 6% | 64% | 10% | 16% | |
| Earthshaker | 16 | 50.0% | 6% | 70% | 7% | 13% | |
| Centaur Warrunner | 13 | 46.2% | 5% | 13% | 34% | 39% | |
| Dragon Knight | 11 | 45.5% | 4% | 100% | 2% | 6% | |
| Slark | 10 | 90.0% | 4% | 100% | 6% | 9% | |
| Void Spirit | 10 | 30.0% | 4% | 100% | 1% | 5% | |
| Viper | 9 | 55.6% | 3% | 64% | 12% | 16% | |
| Tiny | 8 | 50.0% | 3% | 15% | 27% | 30% | |
| Nature's Prophet | 7 | 57.1% | 3% | 17% | 30% | 33% | |
| Huskar | 7 | 14.3% | 3% | 78% | 26% | 28% | |
| Io | 5 | 60.0% | 2% | 22% | 18% | 19% | |
| Shadow Fiend | 5 | 60.0% | 2% | 8% | 48% | 50% | |
| Primal Beast | 5 | 40.0% | 2% | 83% | 1% | 3% | |
| Necrophos | 5 | 20.0% | 2% | 10% | 28% | 30% | |
| Monkey King | 4 | 50.0% | 1% | 50% | 5% | 7% | |
| Leshrac | 3 | 66.7% | 1% | 75% | 1% | 2% | |
| Queen of Pain | 3 | 66.7% | 1% | 100% | <1% | 1% | |
| Windranger | 3 | 66.7% | 1% | 6% | 13% | 15% | |
| Kez | 3 | 33.3% | 1% | 7% | 16% | 18% | |
| Tinker | 3 | 33.3% | 1% | 100% | 2% | 3% | |
