Chen — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Holy Knight
Chen (Holy Knight) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Chen counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
Chen counters & matchups
Chen is an early-game push commander who dominates lanes with captured neutral creeps and saves allies globally with Hand of God. He's strong into greedy, low-tempo heroes he out-pushes before they come online: Elder Titan (63.2%), Brewmaster (59.8%) and Timbersaw (58.6%) all lose to his early creep aggression. Chen is countered by illusion/summon clear and divers: Phantom Lancer (41.2%) out-bodies his creeps, while Crystal Maiden (42.1%), Earth Spirit (42.2%) and Dawnbreaker (42.7%) punish his fragile frame. Draft tip: Chen is a powerful early-push enabler into slow, greedy drafts; he falls off hard if his early tempo doesn't translate into a won game.
Strong against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Elder Titan | 63.16% | 1,865 |
 Brewmaster | 59.78% | 1,529 |
 Largo | 59.54% | 1,725 |
 Timbersaw | 58.64% | 2,280 |
 Treant Protector | 56.35% | 1,936 |
 Terrorblade | 56.33% | 2,395 |
 Dragon Knight | 55.69% | 3,108 |
 Bane | 55.61% | 2,050 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Phantom Lancer | 41.17% | 4,124 |
 Crystal Maiden | 42.06% | 5,117 |
 Earth Spirit | 42.20% | 1,839 |
 Dawnbreaker | 42.69% | 2,989 |
 Primal Beast | 43.00% | 2,237 |
 Io | 43.03% | 2,482 |
 Spirit Breaker | 43.08% | 7,259 |
 Slark | 43.09% | 5,973 |
Chen synergies
Chen converts neutral creeps into an early-game army and keeps his team alive with a global heal — he's the ultimate push-strategy enabler. His best partners are summon/push cores: Lycan (60.2%) and Shadow Demon (58.3%) turn his creep aggression into a tower-taking snowball, while Pugna (57.3%) and Clockwerk (56.2%) add the nether/pickoff pressure to end early. Give Chen a fast-push carry and the game is often over by 20 minutes.
Best teammates
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Lycan | 60.25% | 1,434 |
 Shadow Demon | 58.33% | 1,536 |
 Pugna | 57.33% | 1,903 |
 Clockwerk | 56.19% | 1,689 |
| Dawnbreaker | 55.54% | 3,297 |
 Naga Siren | 55.23% | 2,178 |
 Night Stalker | 55.16% | 3,394 |
 Sven | 54.89% | 2,656 |