Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane wins the Bane vs Kez matchup: Bane beats Kez in 56.32% of 277 ranked matches.
Trying to outplay Bane as Kez is a classic mistake. The instinct is to hold your parry for Fiend's Grip, but the channel punches straight through most defensive tools, so the counter does nothing. Kez gets held in place for the full duration, completely exposed and easy to kill. Even if you dodge the ultimate, Bane can use Nightmare to sleep you mid-combo or save a target you've committed on with your stance-swapping abilities. Kez wants to get in, isolate a hero, and win a duel; Bane's entire kit is designed to prevent exactly that from happening by taking one person out of the equation entirely.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bane's win rate against Kez 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 48.21% | 112 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.78% | 225 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.02% | 228 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.55% | 132 |
Bane's win rate against Kez 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 | 56.32% | ▲ +0.3pp | 277 |
| 7.41d | 56.05% | ▲ +1.8pp | 23,572 |
| 7.41c | 54.29% | ▲ +0.1pp | 12,821 |
| 7.41b | 54.20% | — | 8,059 |
Move this data into a draft
Bane starts on Radiant and Kez on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.