Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden wins the Crystal Maiden vs Zeus matchup: Crystal Maiden beats Zeus in 51.69% of 29,192 ranked matches.
Thinking you can channel a full Freezing Field with a Zeus on the other team is often a mistake. His Lightning Bolt is an instant, long-range interrupt that can shut down Crystal Maiden's ultimate from a safe distance before it does any real work. Zeus also has more than enough magical burst to quickly eliminate a fragile hero like CM, even from across the map with Thundergod's Wrath. He always seems to have an answer for her biggest teamfight contribution, making him a constant threat to her game plan.
However, Zeus is equally fragile and completely lacks an escape mechanism. Crystal Maiden's Frostbite is a long-duration root that can be a death sentence if she or an ally gets the jump on him. The whole matchup often boils down to positioning and which glass cannon gets caught first. A CM will leverage vision and her lockdown to try and pick off Zeus before a fight, while the Zeus player is constantly scanning for a glimpse of her to cancel her channel or burst her down from the fog.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Crystal Maiden's win rate against Zeus 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 | Crystal Maiden win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 52.65% | 1,884 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.53% | 4,779 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.92% | 3,638 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.33% | 1,059 |
Crystal Maiden's win rate against Zeus in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Crystal Maiden win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.69% | ▲ +2.2pp | 29,192 |
| 7.41d | 49.47% | ▼ -0.3pp | 383,625 |
| 7.41c | 49.73% | ▼ -0.7pp | 155,548 |
| 7.41b | 50.44% | — | 139,549 |
Move this data into a draft
Crystal Maiden starts on Radiant and Zeus on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.