Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slark wins the Dark Willow vs Slark matchup: Slark beats Dark Willow in 50.53% of 6,772 ranked matches.
Picking a support with delayed disables like Dark Willow against Slark is a calculated risk. His Dark Pact is the main problem, as it reliably purges her Cursed Crown and Bramble Maze root, turning her lockdown into a guessing game. While Shadow Realm can dodge his initial Pounce, it does little to prevent him from closing the gap. The poke damage from it is also easily healed by Slark’s passive regeneration when he dips out of vision, making it hard to wear him down over time.
In the mid-game, Slark is actively looking for supports, making a solo Willow a tempting target. She's forced to play much more defensively, needing allies nearby to survive. Her best play is to use Terrorize to save a teammate Slark jumps on, or to try and bait his Dark Pact before her team commits their own stuns. The matchup forces Dark Willow to rely on her team to create openings, as her own setup is often nullified before it can connect.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow'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 Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 46.25% | 413 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.22% | 1,024 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.60% | 919 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.37% | 358 |
Dark Willow'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 Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.47% | ▲ +0.6pp | 6,772 |
| 7.41d | 48.85% | ▲ +0.6pp | 75,182 |
| 7.41c | 48.23% | ▲ +0.7pp | 36,423 |
| 7.41b | 47.54% | — | 45,846 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow 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 17, 2026.