Bane — Dota 2 7.41f Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Bane in Dota 2 7.41f: win rate, pick rate, top counters and best teammates, from Batru's ranked-match pipeline.
Early vs late game: in ranked games that end before 34 minutes, Bane's team wins 45.9%; in games of 47+ minutes, 51.4% (+5.5 pp, #31 of 127 by late-game edge; 24% of Bane games last 47+ minutes; model estimate). Late & early game heroes →
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Bane by rank bracket
Bane is strongest in Divine & Immortal games, winning 51.45% (#34 of 127 heroes), but drops to 43.33% (#123) in Herald & Guardian.
| Bracket | Tier Rank | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | #123 of 126 | 43.33% | 2.85% | 914 |
| Crusader & Archon | #94 of 127 | 47.41% | 2.54% | 3,438 |
| Legend & Ancient | #79 of 127 | 48.91% | 2.39% | 4,183 |
| Divine & Immortal | #34 of 127 | 51.45% | 3.11% | 1,621 |
Recent ranked matches split by average match rank — the same data behind the per-rank tier lists each bracket links to.
Bane win rate by patch
Bane is winning 48.54% of 838,233 ranked matches in patch 7.41f, down 1.1pp from 7.41e.
| Patch | Win Rate | Change | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 48.54% | ▼ -1.1pp | 3.16% | 838,233 |
| 7.41e | 49.62% | ▼ -0.3pp | 3.98% | 1,186,170 |
| 7.41d | 49.93% | ▲ +0.0pp | 3.92% | 1,161,694 |
| 7.41c | 49.91% | ▲ +0.4pp | 3.09% | 424,074 |
| 7.41b | 49.54% | ▼ -0.1pp | 2.72% | 383,100 |
| 7.41a | 49.59% | — | 2.78% | 158,950 |
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.
Bane counters & matchups
Bane is a lane bully and single-target lockdown support whose Fiend's Grip and Nightmare remove one hero from a fight entirely. He's strongest into immobile casters and farm-reliant mids — Tinker, Mars and Nature's Prophet all get disabled out of the game at the worst moment. Bane is weakest into heroes that ignore single-target control: Naga Siren Songs through his setup, while Spectre and Lycan bring too many bodies and illusions for one Grip to matter. Draft tip: take Bane to neutralize a key enemy core; avoid him as your only disable into illusion or summon-heavy drafts.
Strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 55.00% | 48,414 |
 Nature's Prophet | 54.06% | 40,778 |
 Kez | 53.79% | 18,991 |
 Pangolier | 53.73% | 14,643 |
 Tiny | 53.38% | 22,636 |
 Shadow Demon | 53.27% | 11,592 |
 Morphling | 53.27% | 17,208 |
 Monkey King | 53.18% | 23,264 |
Struggles against
 Wraith King | 42.44% | 51,267 |
 Meepo | 43.20% | 10,593 |
 Spectre | 44.06% | 41,991 |
 Chaos Knight | 44.25% | 21,695 |
 Phantom Lancer | 44.29% | 56,982 |
 Spirit Breaker | 44.77% | 68,099 |
 Visage | 44.84% | 9,499 |
 Abaddon | 45.60% | 18,213 |
Bane synergies
Bane's Fiend's Grip is a full-channel disable — he wants partners who turn 'one hero locked out of the fight' into a kill or a won fight. He synergizes with tanky front-liners and burst follow-up: Tidehunter and Wraith King hold the line while Bane removes their priority target, and Spectre or Meepo convert the man-advantage into a wipe. Bane is the 'delete their carry, then 5v4' button — pair him with a team that can punish the 5v4.
Best teammates
| Wraith King | 53.79% | 47,246 |
 Dawnbreaker | 52.02% | 36,346 |
| Phantom Lancer | 51.99% | 52,290 |
 Sven | 51.66% | 42,492 |
| Spectre | 51.63% | 37,875 |
 Witch Doctor | 51.30% | 32,113 |
 Dragon Knight | 51.17% | 45,137 |
 Lich | 51.17% | 21,266 |
Data updated Nov 10, 2026.