Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Bristleback wins the Bristleback vs Nature's Prophet matchup: Bristleback beats Nature's Prophet in 55.36% of 31,243 ranked matches.
Giving up a lane of farm to a Bristleback is bad enough, but Nature's Prophet actively helps him get it. Every Treant created is another target for Quill Spray, quickly building up stacks that melt Prophet and his allies. The core of Prophet's game plan—using summons to push towers and control the map—becomes a massive liability. He can't safely fight or farm near Bristleback, as his own abilities make his opponent stronger. Even trying to escape with Sprout is unreliable when Quills can clear the trees.
This forces Nature's Prophet into a game of avoidance. He has to split-push on the opposite side of the map and hope his team can stall or kill Bristleback without him. More often, Bristleback gets fat off the free stacks and gold from Treants, then simply runs at Prophet wherever he is on the map. Without a significant team effort to peel for him, Prophet spends the whole game teleporting away from a fight he can't win.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bristleback's win rate against Nature's Prophet 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 | Bristleback win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 55.67% | 652 |
| Crusader & Archon | 58.70% | 1,356 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.83% | 661 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.20% | 109 |
Bristleback's win rate against Nature's Prophet 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 | 55.36% | ▼ -0.8pp | 31,243 |
| 7.41e | 56.17% | 0.0pp | 115,122 |
| 7.41d | 56.17% | ▲ +0.7pp | 130,823 |
| 7.41c | 55.49% | — | 57,390 |
Move this data into a draft
Bristleback starts on Radiant and Nature's Prophet on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.