Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Brewmaster wins the Brewmaster vs Lion matchup: Brewmaster beats Lion in 51.70% of 5,288 ranked matches.
Picking Lion into a Brewmaster is a gamble on your team's ability to chain stuns. The entire matchup hinges on a single moment: can you lock down and kill Brewmaster before he uses Primal Split? Lion’s tool kit with Hex and Earth Spike is perfect for disabling one hero, but it’s almost useless once Brewmaster splits into his three pandas. Using Finger of Death on a single spirit is a massive waste of a cooldown, and Lion has no way to deal with the sustained chaos the pandas create.
The result is a game of cat and mouse. A successful gank on Brewmaster requires an instant Hex to prevent the split, giving your team a window to burst him down. If Brewmaster gets his ultimate off, the tables turn completely. He can easily dive past the frontline to have his spirits chase and kill a fragile support like Lion, who has no real escape mechanism. Fights between these two are decided by positioning and reaction time; whoever gets their key spell off first usually comes out ahead.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Brewmaster's win rate against Lion 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 | Brewmaster win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 52.17% | 253 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.35% | 722 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.89% | 733 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.39% | 339 |
Brewmaster's win rate against Lion in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Brewmaster win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.70% | ▲ +0.3pp | 5,288 |
| 7.41d | 51.37% | ▲ +1.0pp | 57,698 |
| 7.41c | 50.39% | ▼ -0.4pp | 26,520 |
| 7.41b | 50.78% | — | 25,643 |
Move this data into a draft
Brewmaster starts on Radiant and Lion on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.