Arc Warden — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: ZET, AW
Arc Warden (ZET, AW) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Arc Warden counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
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 (56.5%), Nature's Prophet (56.4%) and Timbersaw (55.6%) can't catch his clone. Arc is hard-countered by early summon-push and clone-swarm: Broodmother (41.8%) and Lycan (43.5%) end the game before he scales, while Meepo (41.9%) and Spectre (43.5%) 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
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Tinker | 56.46% | 14,721 |
 Nature's Prophet | 56.42% | 17,915 |
 Timbersaw | 55.64% | 7,512 |
 Templar Assassin | 55.10% | 17,809 |
 Doom | 54.45% | 19,466 |
 Mars | 54.19% | 16,777 |
 Viper | 54.02% | 19,957 |
 Storm Spirit | 53.94% | 16,598 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Broodmother | 41.76% | 15,061 |
 Meepo | 41.92% | 10,725 |
 Lycan | 43.46% | 4,303 |
 Spectre | 43.51% | 20,924 |
 Phantom Lancer | 43.72% | 22,747 |
 Dark Seer | 44.69% | 5,106 |
 Wraith King | 44.95% | 30,242 |
 Riki | 45.09% | 13,199 |
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 (55.1%) and Tidehunter (54.2%) hold the fort while Arc farms two sets of items, and Axe (54.2%) forces the fights Arc pokes into. Give Arc Warden a front line that survives to 40 minutes and his double-item carry takes over.
Best teammates
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Wraith King | 55.11% | 28,750 |
 Tidehunter | 54.23% | 23,183 |
 Axe | 54.22% | 33,661 |
| Spectre | 53.84% | 18,851 |
 Techies | 53.44% | 28,034 |
 Spirit Breaker | 53.34% | 37,226 |
| Phantom Lancer | 53.33% | 22,393 |
 Legion Commander | 53.12% | 36,839 |