Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Broodmother wins the Broodmother vs Queen of Pain matchup: Broodmother beats Queen of Pain in 51.59% of 2,551 ranked matches.
Clearing out a swarm of spiders is what Queen of Pain is built for. Scream of Pain provides constant, reliable area-of-effect damage that can keep Broodmother's army from ever getting out of control. This makes it difficult for Brood to build up the critical mass she needs to take over a lane. However, Broodmother herself is quite durable and can often survive QoP's initial magical burst. If Queen of Pain can't finish the job with her spells and has to use Blink defensively, Broodmother can turn the fight around with her high physical damage and sustain within her webs.
The lane often becomes a tense game of resource management. Queen of Pain needs a lot of mana to keep the spiderlings cleared, while Broodmother must be careful not to feed away her army for free. After the laning stage, the game comes down to execution. A Broodmother who gets ahead can apply immense pressure to objectives, forcing reactions. A farmed Queen of Pain, on the other hand, can control teamfights and hunt isolated heroes across the map. Neither hero has a definitive tool to shut the other down completely, making this a contest of skill and tempo.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Broodmother's win rate against Queen of Pain 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 | Broodmother win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 56.25% | 224 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.70% | 395 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.76% | 252 |
Broodmother's win rate against Queen of Pain in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Broodmother win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.59% | ▲ +1.0pp | 2,551 |
| 7.41d | 50.56% | ▼ -1.8pp | 34,753 |
| 7.41c | 52.41% | ▲ +3.0pp | 20,402 |
| 7.41b | 49.43% | — | 29,007 |
Move this data into a draft
Broodmother starts on Radiant and Queen of Pain on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.