
Also known as: Demon Witch
Lion (Demon Witch) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Lion counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
Lion is a premier disabler/nuker support: a long Hex, a chain Earth Spike stun, mana drain, and Finger of Death to execute. He's strong into immobile, squishy heroes his combo locks and kills: Timbersaw (57.3%), Nature's Prophet (55.8%) and Tinker (55.7%) all get chain-disabled and Fingered. Lion is countered by heroes that ignore single-target control or out-scale: Spectre (41.9%) and Wraith King (43.0%) survive his burst, while Tidehunter (44.7%) brings too much AoE for one Hex to matter. Draft tip: Lion is elite value into single-target-vulnerable drafts; pair with another disable into illusion/summon comps where one lockdown isn't enough.
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 57.31% | 43,483 | |
| 55.81% | 120,808 | |
| 55.73% | 66,807 | |
| 54.62% | 62,678 | |
| 53.96% | 121,464 | |
| 53.89% | 100,781 | |
| 53.77% | 57,580 | |
| 53.74% | 66,384 |
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 41.87% | 144,322 | |
| 43.00% | 209,957 | |
| 44.73% | 197,131 | |
| 45.83% | 97,407 | |
| 45.86% | 248,390 | |
| 46.07% | 114,317 | |
| 46.09% | 230,955 | |
| 46.38% | 36,979 |
Lion's Hex + Spike chain removes a hero from the fight entirely — he wants a carry or nuker who cashes in the lock. He pairs best with snowball cores and AoE follow-up: Spectre (54.3%) and Wraith King (53.8%) delete whoever he disables, while Meepo (53.2%) and Phoenix (53.1%) provide the AoE that compounds his single-target lock. Dawnbreaker (53.0%) holds the front line. Give Lion a kill-hungry core and his combo converts every fight into a pickoff.
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 54.28% | 138,150 | |
| 53.79% | 210,400 | |
| 53.16% | 44,302 | |
| 53.07% | 77,600 | |
| 53.04% | 94,859 | |
| 53.01% | 32,503 | |
| 52.85% | 109,235 | |
| 52.45% | 116,249 |