Kez — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Kez in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Kez counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
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 (55.6%), Mars (54.7%) and Shadow Demon (52.8%) can't pin his stance-dashing. Kez is countered by tanks and lockdown that catch him mid-combo: Wraith King (43.0%) out-tanks, Necrophos (43.2%) out-sustains, and Troll Warlord (43.7%) / Tidehunter (43.8%) 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
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Nature's Prophet | 55.64% | 17,115 |
 Mars | 54.68% | 18,381 |
 Shadow Demon | 52.83% | 6,818 |
 Tiny | 52.58% | 17,527 |
 Timbersaw | 52.57% | 7,987 |
 Tinker | 52.32% | 11,477 |
 Puck | 52.15% | 11,230 |
 Templar Assassin | 52.06% | 15,095 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Wraith King | 42.95% | 30,879 |
 Necrophos | 43.20% | 30,755 |
 Troll Warlord | 43.71% | 6,880 |
 Tidehunter | 43.80% | 28,574 |
 Riki | 44.18% | 13,288 |
 Legion Commander | 44.24% | 36,858 |
 Axe | 44.31% | 34,746 |
 Shadow Shaman | 44.33% | 36,954 |
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 (54.5%) and Wraith King (53.1%) capitalize on the targets he chunks, while Tidehunter (52.4%) provides the AoE lock that lets him commit. Give Kez reliable disable and his stance-swap burst deletes whoever gets caught.
Best teammates
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Spectre | 54.47% | 10,134 |
| Wraith King | 53.12% | 22,857 |
| Tidehunter | 52.40% | 26,942 |
 Phantom Lancer | 52.18% | 9,579 |
 Lifestealer | 51.66% | 17,088 |
 Dawnbreaker | 51.44% | 14,388 |
 Slark | 51.30% | 17,978 |
 Alchemist | 51.29% | 21,196 |