Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Bane wins the Bane vs Io matchup: Bane beats Io in 50.42% of 7,616 ranked matches.
Catching Io's tethered partner with Fiend's Grip looks like a guaranteed kill, but the situation is more complex. Io can often answer with a well-timed Relocate, pulling their ally to safety and turning Bane's long cooldown into a wasted effort. This creates a tense standoff where success depends on timing and positioning. If Bane can find the core alone or after Relocate has been used, he secures the kill. However, if Io is ready, he can completely nullify Bane's main threat. While Bane's other spells like Nightmare can help set up a pickoff, the core interaction between their two ultimates makes this a knife-edge fight that could go either way.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bane's win rate against Io 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 | 51.71% | 321 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.04% | 319 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.50% | 157 |
Bane's win rate against Io 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 | 50.42% | ▼ -0.6pp | 7,616 |
| 7.41e | 51.01% | ▲ +0.9pp | 36,992 |
| 7.41d | 50.10% | ▼ -0.5pp | 27,420 |
| 7.41c | 50.60% | — | 9,517 |
Move this data into a draft
Bane starts on Radiant and Io on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.