Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback wins the Bristleback vs Windranger matchup: Bristleback beats Windranger in 52.16% of 15,412 ranked matches.
Hitting Bristleback from behind with Focus Fire is a huge mistake. Windranger’s ultimate delivers a high number of fast attacks, and each one that lands on his back or sides triggers a reactive Quill Spray. This means using her main damage spell on him will cause a storm of quills that often kills Windranger herself, or at least any nearby supports. The very tool she relies on to kill heroes becomes a liability, turning her high single-target damage completely against her team.
This dynamic forces Windranger to play the fight completely differently. She can never target Bristleback, which lets him run freely through her team and cause chaos. Her escape is good, but it's not enough to get away from his constant slow and area damage once he commits to a target. Bristleback's whole game plan is to get tanky and be an unkillable nuisance, and Windranger has no effective tools to stop him from doing that. She is forced to avoid him, which is exactly what he wants.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bristleback's win rate against Windranger 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 | 53.87% | 1,459 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.26% | 2,509 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.04% | 1,418 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.09% | 369 |
Bristleback's win rate against Windranger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.16% | ▼ -0.4pp | 15,412 |
| 7.41d | 52.61% | ▼ -0.2pp | 190,786 |
| 7.41c | 52.84% | ▼ -1.7pp | 88,553 |
| 7.41b | 54.50% | — | 90,961 |
Move this data into a draft
Bristleback starts on Radiant and Windranger on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.