Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Bristleback wins the Beastmaster vs Bristleback matchup: Bristleback beats Beastmaster in 56.51% of 8,490 ranked matches.
Trying to push a tower with an army of summons runs into a serious problem when Bristleback is the one defending. A few casts of Quill Spray will melt the entire wave of boars and creeps, completely shutting down Beastmaster's main strategy for taking objectives. This problem extends to teamfights, where Beastmaster's physical damage from multiple units is exactly what Bristleback is built to ignore. Even a well-placed Primal Roar doesn't solve the issue. The stun provides an opening, but Beastmaster and his army lack the focused burst to actually kill Bristleback during the disable, leaving him free to run rampant once it ends.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Beastmaster's win rate against Bristleback 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 | Beastmaster win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 41.61% | 137 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.03% | 273 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.00% | 150 |
Beastmaster's win rate against Bristleback in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Beastmaster win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 43.49% | ▲ +0.7pp | 8,490 |
| 7.41e | 42.78% | ▲ +0.7pp | 29,441 |
| 7.41d | 42.04% | ▼ -0.1pp | 46,984 |
| 7.41c | 42.18% | — | 30,938 |
Move this data into a draft
Beastmaster starts on Radiant and Bristleback on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.