Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage wins the Anti-Mage vs Zeus matchup: Anti-Mage beats Zeus in 51.68% of 29,491 ranked matches.
Laning against Zeus presents a clear objective for Anti-Mage: get close and burn through his mana pool. A successful Blink puts Zeus in a terrible spot, and Counterspell can completely negate a key part of his burst. Zeus, on the other hand, can often maintain a safe distance, using his Arc Lightning to secure creeps while chipping away at Anti-Mage from afar. Since Mana Void's damage is based on how much mana the target is missing, a Zeus who has been spamming spells becomes a huge liability for his own team when Anti-Mage is nearby.
The game often comes down to which hero can execute their plan first. Anti-Mage wants to split-push, find his farm, and then jump on an isolated Zeus for a quick kill. Zeus fights back by using his spells to provide vision, tracking the split-pushing Anti-Mage and setting up ganks with his team. In a full teamfight, if Anti-Mage can't get the jump, the constant magical damage from Zeus can overwhelm his passive resistance. The fight often hinges on whether AM can close the distance before being whittled down.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Anti-Mage's win rate against Zeus 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 | Anti-Mage win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 50.78% | 1,865 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.19% | 4,941 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.91% | 3,729 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.37% | 1,063 |
Anti-Mage's win rate against Zeus in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Anti-Mage win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.68% | ▲ +2.0pp | 29,491 |
| 7.41d | 49.72% | ▲ +0.7pp | 423,169 |
| 7.41c | 49.01% | ▼ -0.4pp | 168,323 |
| 7.41b | 49.43% | — | 145,638 |
Move this data into a draft
Anti-Mage starts on Radiant and Zeus on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.