Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Troll Warlord wins the Dark Seer vs Troll Warlord matchup: Troll Warlord beats Dark Seer in 50.82% of 1,342 ranked matches.
Picking Dark Seer into a Troll Warlord means accepting your spells won't directly shut down their carry. Troll's plan is to isolate and stick to one target, and his Battle Trance makes him unslowable, letting him run straight at his objective. This direct approach makes him less bothered by area-denial spells like Ion Shell and Vacuum, especially once he finishes a Black King Bar. While Surge provides a great speed boost for an ally to reposition, a hasted Troll can often keep up the chase. The matchup often relies on Dark Seer enabling his own team to burst Troll down or kite other enemies, because his own kit isn't built to peel for a target Troll Warlord has committed to.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Seer's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 | 48.62% | 109 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.12% | 170 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.85% | 131 |
Dark Seer's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 | 49.18% | ▲ +2.0pp | 1,342 |
| 7.41d | 47.16% | ▲ +1.2pp | 13,366 |
| 7.41c | 45.96% | ▼ -1.6pp | 5,259 |
| 7.41b | 47.57% | — | 4,814 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Seer starts on Radiant and Troll Warlord on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.