Magnus — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Magnataur, Magnus
Magnus (Magnataur, Magnus) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Magnus counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
Magnus counters & matchups
Magnus is a premier initiator whose Reverse Polarity pulls and stuns an entire team into one spot, with Skewer and Empower for control and damage amp. He's strong into immobile, clumpable heroes: Timbersaw (56.5%), Tinker (54.9%) and Nature's Prophet (54.9%) get RP'd and deleted. Magnus is countered by BKB-reliant scalers and sustain who survive his combo: Wraith King (42.2%) and Spectre (42.4%) out-tank/scale, while Tidehunter (44.2%) and Phoenix (45.2%) bring competing AoE. Draft tip: Magnus is a game-winning teamfight initiator into grouped drafts; his RP is undercut by BKB, spread-out positioning, and tanky hard-carries.
Strong against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Timbersaw | 56.49% | 19,802 |
 Tinker | 54.92% | 25,065 |
 Nature's Prophet | 54.85% | 42,751 |
 Shadow Demon | 54.21% | 16,710 |
 Gyrocopter | 53.57% | 24,027 |
 Chen | 53.28% | 4,242 |
 Mars | 52.99% | 51,438 |
 Morphling | 52.96% | 28,490 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Wraith King | 42.20% | 76,300 |
 Spectre | 42.42% | 49,223 |
 Tidehunter | 44.17% | 77,594 |
 Phoenix | 45.21% | 41,891 |
 Dawnbreaker | 45.34% | 43,068 |
 Grimstroke | 45.42% | 26,369 |
 Lifestealer | 45.53% | 83,764 |
 Bloodseeker | 45.68% | 25,597 |
Magnus synergies
Magnus's Reverse Polarity is the ultimate AoE setup — a whole team stunned and clumped — and Empower amplifies a cleave carry's damage. He pairs best with cleave and AoE-burst cores: Wraith King (53.6%) and Necrophos (52.4%) erase everything RP'd, while Phoenix (52.8%) Supernovas onto the clump. An Empower'd Sven or Lifestealer behind RP is lethal. Give Magnus a cleave carry and one Reverse Polarity wins the game outright.
Best teammates
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Wraith King | 53.65% | 53,152 |
| Phoenix | 52.82% | 36,137 |
 Necrophos | 52.44% | 57,852 |
| Lifestealer | 52.43% | 76,368 |
| Spectre | 52.36% | 43,052 |
 Lone Druid | 52.25% | 11,191 |
 Undying | 52.20% | 34,333 |
 Night Stalker | 52.11% | 25,099 |