Meta timeline

Contest rate is the share of drafted games where a hero was picked or banned. Curves run over the trailing 50 professional games, newest at the right; move across the chart to read the exact rate at any game. Overlapping events interleave in the stream; a dotted rule marks where each first appears.

Contest rate

360 drafted games · Mar 24 – Aug 5, 2026 · patch 7.41

Newest gameAug 5 · 1win Essence II

Earth Spirit41/5082.0%

Shadow Demon0/500.0%

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Earth Spirit✕Shadow Demon✕

2 of 6 charted

Biggest movers

Earth Spirit4.0% → 82.0%▲ 78.0Lone Druid4.0% → 82.0%▲ 78.0Lina0.0% → 72.0%▲ 72.0

Shadow Demon88.0% → 0.0%▼ 88.0Batrider92.0% → 4.0%▼ 88.0Jakiro76.0% → 0.0%▼ 76.0

Contest rate over the trailing 50 professional games, at the last game vs the first full window. Heroes contested in at least 20 of the 360 games. Click a hero to chart it.

Most contested heroes

curves over the trailing 50 professional games on a 0-100% scale · delta vs the first full window

Treant Protector100.0%▲ 24.0window 88.9% contested · pick WR 77.8%Lone Druid82.0%▲ 78.0window 71.9% contested · pick WR 52.5%Puck68.0%▼ 8.0window 70.6% contested · pick WR 39.7%Shadow Fiend64.0%▲ 12.0window 69.7% contested · pick WR 52.6%Keeper of the Light80.0%▲ 58.0window 65.0% contested · pick WR 57.1%Largo52.0%▼ 28.0window 62.8% contested · pick WR 54.7%Hoodwink70.0%▲ 44.0window 61.7% contested · pick WR 50.7%Ember Spirit72.0%▲ 30.0window 61.4% contested · pick WR 57.1%Bane68.0%▲ 58.0window 56.7% contested · pick WR 47.1%Earth Spirit82.0%▲ 78.0window 55.6% contested · pick WR 53.4%Centaur Warrunner72.0%▲ 44.0window 53.6% contested · pick WR 48.9%Undying68.0%▲ 64.0window 51.1% contested · pick WR 54.7%