Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
Favored
Bristleback 55.10%
Bristleback55.10%
Chen44.90%
Over 1,942 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Bristleback wins the Bristleback vs Chen matchup: Bristleback beats Chen in 55.10% of 1,942 ranked matches.
How this matchup plays
Trying to fight or push with an army of creeps is where Chen’s game plan falls apart against Bristleback. Quill Spray clears out all of Chen’s dominated units in seconds, neutralizing his contribution to a teamfight before it even starts. Once his army is gone, Chen becomes a vulnerable target with no reliable stuns to stop Bristleback from running at him and the backline. A slow from Penitence is never enough to control a hero building up Warpath stacks. Even Chen's ultimate, Hand of God, struggles to offset the constant, stacking damage that Bristleback applies to the entire enemy team, leaving Chen with few tools to make an impact.
Bristleback vs Chen across patches
Bristleback's win rate against Chen in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
Patch
Bristleback win rate
Change
Matches
7.41f
55.10%
▼ -0.3pp
1,942
7.41e
55.37%
▼ -0.3pp
5,561
7.41d
55.72%
▲ +0.9pp
7,476
7.41c
54.85%
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4,684
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