Bane — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Bane in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Bane counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
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 (56.3%), Mars (56.2%) and Nature's Prophet (56.0%) all get disabled out of the game at the worst moment. Bane is weakest into heroes that ignore single-target control: Naga Siren (42.9%) Songs through his setup, while Spectre (43.1%) and Lycan (43.3%) bring too many bodies/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
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Tinker | 56.33% | 8,219 |
 Mars | 56.25% | 12,238 |
 Nature's Prophet | 55.97% | 13,019 |
 Morphling | 55.45% | 7,973 |
 Timbersaw | 55.41% | 5,391 |
 Weaver | 54.45% | 16,604 |
 Storm Spirit | 54.39% | 10,782 |
 Templar Assassin | 54.15% | 10,710 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Naga Siren | 42.87% | 6,088 |
 Spectre | 43.15% | 14,855 |
 Lycan | 43.26% | 3,486 |
 Dark Seer | 44.01% | 4,083 |
 Chen | 44.39% | 2,050 |
 Meepo | 44.67% | 6,664 |
 Tidehunter | 44.97% | 20,523 |
 Chaos Knight | 45.23% | 8,359 |
Bane synergies
Bane's Fiend's Grip is a full-channel disable — he wants partners who turn 'one hero locked for 5 seconds' into a kill or a won fight. He synergizes with tanky front-liners and burst follow-up: Tidehunter (54.7%) and Wraith King (54.7%) hold the line while Bane removes their priority target, and Spectre (54.3%) or Meepo (54.3%) 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
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Tidehunter | 54.69% | 18,948 |
 Wraith King | 54.66% | 20,742 |
| Spectre | 54.34% | 14,869 |
| Meepo | 54.34% | 5,628 |
 Night Stalker | 53.97% | 12,000 |
 Phantom Lancer | 53.79% | 13,628 |
 Phoenix | 52.98% | 8,935 |
 Dawnbreaker | 52.96% | 10,447 |