Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer wins the Bane vs Dark Seer matchup: Dark Seer beats Bane in 55.11% of 176 ranked matches.
Channeling Fiend’s Grip on a target with Ion Shell is often a death sentence for Bane. Dark Seer can simply place the shell on whichever hero Bane tries to lock down, forcing him to either cancel his own ultimate or take huge damage. Beyond that direct counter, Surge gives his teammates an easy way to disengage from Nightmare or reposition during a gank. This makes it incredibly hard for Bane to find the clean, single-target pickoffs he needs to be effective. This matchup isn't seen too often, however, so there could be item builds that shift the dynamic.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bane's win rate against Dark Seer 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 | Bane win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 45.33% | 150 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.49% | 156 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.52% | 105 |
Bane's win rate against Dark Seer in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Bane win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 44.89% | ▼ -5.4pp | 176 |
| 7.41d | 50.29% | ▲ +2.3pp | 15,732 |
| 7.41c | 48.04% | ▲ +3.5pp | 5,316 |
| 7.41b | 44.55% | — | 4,783 |
Move this data into a draft
Bane starts on Radiant and Dark Seer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.