Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
Favored
Lycan 50.61%
Bane49.39%
Lycan50.61%
Over 3,090 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Lycan wins the Bane vs Lycan matchup: Lycan beats Bane in 50.61% of 3,090 ranked matches.
How this matchup plays
Trying to use Fiend's Grip during a teamfight feels very inefficient against Lycan. Even if Bane manages to lock down the main hero, his army of wolves and controlled creeps are still free to attack towers or tear through supports. Bane has no good tools for dealing with this swarm of units, and his entire kit is built around disabling a single, high-value target. Lycan's impact is too distributed for that to be effective. Worse, any one of those summons can wander over and interrupt Bane's channeled ultimate if he isn't perfectly positioned. Nightmare is similarly weak, as the summons can instantly break the sleep.
Bane vs Lycan across patches
Bane'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
Bane win rate
Change
Matches
7.41f
49.39%
▲ +0.8pp
3,090
7.41e
48.62%
▼ -0.3pp
11,062
7.41d
48.95%
▲ +4.6pp
10,812
7.41c
44.34%
—
4,957
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