Arc Warden — Dota 2 7.41f Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: ZET, AW
Arc Warden (ZET, AW) in Dota 2 7.41f: win rate, pick rate, top counters and best teammates, from Batru's ranked-match pipeline.
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Arc Warden by rank bracket
Arc Warden is strongest in Divine & Immortal games, winning 53.50% (#12 of 127 heroes), but drops to 50.18% (#47) in Herald & Guardian.
| Bracket | Tier Rank | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | #47 of 127 | 50.18% | 4.68% | 6,761 |
| Crusader & Archon | #33 of 127 | 51.50% | 4.53% | 20,339 |
| Legend & Ancient | #25 of 127 | 52.18% | 3.87% | 17,849 |
| Divine & Immortal | #12 of 127 | 53.50% | 3.71% | 5,355 |
Recent ranked matches split by average match rank — the same data behind the per-rank tier lists each bracket links to.
Arc Warden win rate by patch
Arc Warden is winning 51.36% of 163,139 ranked matches in patch 7.41f, down 0.5pp from 7.41e.
| Patch | Win Rate | Change | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 51.36% | ▼ -0.5pp | 4.83% | 163,139 |
| 7.41e | 51.85% | ▲ +1.7pp | 4.07% | 1,211,058 |
| 7.41d | 50.13% | ▲ +0.7pp | 3.65% | 1,081,842 |
| 7.41c | 49.43% | ▲ +0.9pp | 3.11% | 426,000 |
| 7.41b | 48.50% | ▼ -1.9pp | 3.30% | 464,708 |
| 7.41a | 50.41% | — | 4.05% | 231,444 |
Win rate and pick rate per patch window over all quality-filtered ranked matches; the newest patch accumulates matches for days after release — its row shows the current sample size.
Arc Warden counters & matchups
Arc Warden is a split-push carry whose Tempest Double clones him for double the items, while Spark Wraith and Flux poke from safety. He out-farms and out-pokes immobile, low-pressure heroes: Tinker, Nature's Prophet and Timbersaw can't catch his clone. Arc is hard-countered by early summon-push and clone-swarm: Broodmother and Lycan end the game before he scales, while Meepo and Spectre out-tempo him. Draft tip: Arc Warden is a late-game split-push monster into slow drafts; he's run over by early-push (Brood, Lycan) and snowball line-ups.
Strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 58.58% | 16,068 |
 Doom | 57.33% | 3,846 |
 Nature's Prophet | 57.09% | 7,821 |
 Chen | 56.91% | 680 |
 Tinker | 56.49% | 5,484 |
 Templar Assassin | 56.42% | 5,122 |
 Huskar | 56.04% | 4,165 |
 Venomancer | 55.67% | 5,206 |
Struggles against
 Meepo | 41.56% | 2,428 |
 Broodmother | 42.74% | 3,397 |
 Wraith King | 45.21% | 9,531 |
 Visage | 45.60% | 1,877 |
 Legion Commander | 46.57% | 11,169 |
 Bloodseeker | 46.76% | 4,085 |
 Riki | 46.78% | 4,444 |
 Leshrac | 47.12% | 2,275 |
Arc Warden synergies
Arc Warden is a selfish scaling core, but his Tempest Double and Magnetic Field (attack speed + evasion) reward a team that holds objectives until he's online. He pairs best with durable, tempo-buying cores: Wraith King and Tidehunter hold the fort while Arc farms two sets of items, and Axe forces the fights Arc pokes into. Give Arc Warden a front line that survives to the late game and his double-item carry takes over.
Best teammates
| Wraith King | 55.99% | 8,751 |
| Legion Commander | 55.79% | 10,858 |
 Lich | 55.60% | 7,369 |
 Spectre | 55.05% | 7,994 |
 Spirit Breaker | 54.84% | 12,947 |
 Phantom Lancer | 54.71% | 11,148 |
 Night Stalker | 54.59% | 6,133 |
 Axe | 54.47% | 13,392 |
Data updated Sep 23, 2026.