Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist wins the Alchemist vs Lycan matchup: Alchemist beats Lycan in 50.68% of 813 ranked matches.
Dealing with a Lycan push often comes down to handling his summons, and Acid Spray is a great tool for the job. It melts the wolves and makes the entire group, including Lycan himself, much easier to kill by reducing their armor. This can stall Lycan's most important timing, giving Alchemist the space he needs to out-farm everyone on the map. Later on, a farmed Alchemist with Chemical Rage is extremely difficult for Lycan’s physical damage to bring down. The matchup stays close because Lycan can still win with tempo, using Shapeshift to take over the map and end the game before Alchemist gets too strong to deal with.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Alchemist's win rate against Lycan in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Alchemist win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 48.43% | 159 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.30% | 108 |
Alchemist's win rate against Lycan in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Alchemist win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.68% | ▲ +0.2pp | 813 |
| 7.41d | 50.46% | ▲ +0.4pp | 11,271 |
| 7.41c | 50.11% | ▼ -3.9pp | 10,022 |
| 7.41b | 54.06% | — | 11,164 |
Move this data into a draft
Alchemist starts on Radiant and Lycan on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.