Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer wins the Dark Seer vs Slark matchup: Dark Seer beats Slark in 50.35% of 429 ranked matches.
Relying on Surge to save your teammates becomes a lot less certain against a Slark. His Dark Pact provides a constant, reliable way to purge off the speed buff, making it difficult for Dark Seer to create space for an ally to escape a gank. This allows Slark to stick to his pounce target and build up Essence Shift stacks with less interference. While a big Vacuum into Wall of Replica can still decide a teamfight, Slark himself is not overly threatened since he can dispel the wall's slow. Dark Seer simply lacks the lockdown needed to pin Slark down, giving the night crawler a persistent advantage.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Seer's win rate against Slark 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 | Dark Seer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 54.91% | 173 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.43% | 438 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.87% | 399 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.49% | 204 |
Dark Seer's win rate against Slark in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dark Seer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.35% | ▲ +2.1pp | 429 |
| 7.41d | 48.24% | ▲ +0.3pp | 36,007 |
| 7.41c | 47.95% | ▲ +0.9pp | 16,025 |
| 7.41b | 47.06% | — | 17,237 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Seer starts on Radiant and Slark on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.