Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Sven wins the Bane vs Sven matchup: Sven beats Bane in 51.74% of 15,032 ranked matches.
Thinking you can reliably lock down Sven with Fiend's Grip is a common trap. Sooner or later, Sven will have a Black King Bar, which completely negates Bane's ultimate. Before that timing, his own team can often save him with a dispel or simply kill you while you're stuck channeling. A successful Fiend's Grip on a core without BKB is still a kill, but Sven's team is usually built to protect him through that sort of control. On the other hand, Bane's Enfeeble is a constant nuisance for Sven, chipping away at his damage output. Nightmare is also a great tool for disengaging or resetting a fight if Sven commits too hard, making this a very execution-dependent matchup.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bane's win rate against Sven 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 | 48.94% | 141 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.30% | 444 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.28% | 444 |
| Divine & Immortal | 39.66% | 179 |
Bane's win rate against Sven 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 | 48.26% | ▼ -1.7pp | 15,032 |
| 7.41e | 49.95% | ▼ -0.8pp | 46,042 |
| 7.41d | 50.79% | ▲ +1.7pp | 36,534 |
| 7.41c | 49.06% | — | 9,813 |
Move this data into a draft
Bane starts on Radiant and Sven on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.