Kez — Dota 2 7.41f Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Kez 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, Kez's team wins 48.2%; in games of 47+ minutes, 45.3% (−3.0 pp, #86 of 127 by late-game edge; 24% of Kez games last 47+ minutes; model estimate). Late & early game heroes →
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Kez by rank bracket
Kez is strongest in Herald & Guardian games, winning 48.26% (#74 of 126 heroes), but drops to 45.13% (#117) in Crusader & Archon.
| Bracket | Tier Rank | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | #74 of 126 | 48.26% | 3.40% | 1,291 |
| Crusader & Archon | #117 of 127 | 45.13% | 3.45% | 5,519 |
| Legend & Ancient | #116 of 127 | 45.64% | 3.80% | 7,833 |
| Divine & Immortal | #121 of 127 | 45.41% | 4.98% | 3,041 |
Recent ranked matches split by average match rank — the same data behind the per-rank tier lists each bracket links to.
Kez win rate by patch
Kez is winning 45.61% of 1,074,308 ranked matches in patch 7.41f, up 0.9pp from 7.41e.
| Patch | Win Rate | Change | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 45.61% | ▲ +0.9pp | 4.22% | 1,074,308 |
| 7.41e | 44.75% | ▼ -0.3pp | 4.85% | 1,443,200 |
| 7.41d | 45.08% | ▼ -1.7pp | 4.50% | 1,333,225 |
| 7.41c | 46.81% | ▼ -1.0pp | 6.09% | 835,155 |
| 7.41b | 47.81% | ▼ -0.4pp | 4.22% | 593,839 |
| 7.41a | 48.22% | — | 3.80% | 217,109 |
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.
Kez counters & matchups
Kez is a mobile dual-stance carry who swaps between ranged Sai harassment and melee Katana burst, darting in and out with high mobility. He's strong into immobile, low-escape heroes he can dance around: Nature's Prophet, Mars and Shadow Demon can't pin his stance-dashing. Kez is countered by tanks and lockdown that catch him mid-combo: Wraith King out-tanks, Necrophos out-sustains, and Troll Warlord or Tidehunter lock him down or out-trade. Draft tip: Kez is a slippery skirmish carry into squishy, low-control drafts; he's weaker into hard-lockdown and tanky hard-carries that survive his burst windows.
Strong against
 Nature's Prophet | 53.19% | 50,763 |
 Chen | 52.19% | 3,338 |
 Timbersaw | 51.73% | 28,086 |
 Shadow Demon | 51.59% | 12,422 |
 Batrider | 51.57% | 7,720 |
 Shadow Fiend | 51.49% | 66,929 |
 Treant Protector | 51.16% | 16,057 |
 Tiny | 51.14% | 28,595 |
Struggles against
 Wraith King | 40.01% | 64,398 |
 Legion Commander | 41.08% | 76,314 |
 Vengeful Spirit | 41.35% | 51,676 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 41.56% | 60,455 |
 Troll Warlord | 41.80% | 18,480 |
 Dragon Knight | 41.89% | 63,366 |
 Shadow Shaman | 41.98% | 75,286 |
 Necrophos | 42.29% | 74,810 |
Kez synergies
Kez's mobility lets him follow up any engage and burst an isolated target — he wants lockdown to pin enemies and a front line to dive behind. He pairs best with control and durable cores: Spectre and Wraith King capitalize on the targets he chunks, while Tidehunter provides the AoE lock that lets him commit. Give Kez reliable disable and his stance-swap burst deletes whoever gets caught.
Best teammates
| Wraith King | 51.28% | 51,013 |
 Spectre | 50.34% | 25,924 |
 Luna | 50.29% | 33,975 |
 Phantom Lancer | 50.09% | 35,794 |
Data updated Nov 7, 2026.