Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight wins the Dark Willow vs Dragon Knight matchup: Dragon Knight beats Dark Willow in 53.81% of 2,810 ranked matches.
Trying to burst down Dragon Knight often feels pointless for Dark Willow. His natural armor and regeneration mean he can frequently walk away from her full spell rotation, even with an ally's help. On the flip side, Dragon Knight lacks the mobility to get on top of Willow and land his Dragon Tail. She can easily keep him at a distance with Bramble Maze and the untargetability from Shadow Realm, making it very difficult for him to ever be a direct threat to her.
This dynamic leaves them in a stalemate. In teamfights, they tend to operate on different planes. Dragon Knight will be in front, hitting buildings or stunned targets, while Dark Willow stays far back, looking for multi-hero setups with Terrorize. Their success or failure rarely hinges on a direct confrontation with each other. The winner is usually decided by which hero's team better enables their game plan, not by any inherent advantage one has over the other.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow's win rate against Dragon Knight 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 Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 51.64% | 244 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.15% | 454 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.30% | 323 |
Dark Willow's win rate against Dragon Knight in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dark Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.19% | ▼ -3.0pp | 2,810 |
| 7.41d | 49.20% | ▲ +1.7pp | 30,569 |
| 7.41c | 47.46% | ▼ -3.3pp | 16,827 |
| 7.41b | 50.79% | — | 18,581 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow starts on Radiant and Dragon Knight on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.