Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Troll Warlord wins the Dark Willow vs Troll Warlord matchup: Troll Warlord beats Dark Willow in 53.60% of 2,084 ranked matches.
Trying to lock down Troll Warlord with Cursed Crown often gives him the window he needs to react. The delay before the stun is enough time to activate Battle Trance or a Black King Bar, completely turning a gank around. Once Troll closes the distance, Dark Willow is too fragile to survive his onslaught and Shadow Realm can only buy her so much time. Her ability to kite and control is the core of her game plan, but Troll's ultimate and eventual items are designed to ignore exactly that. This forces the Dark Willow to rely heavily on perfect positioning and team follow-up, giving Troll a slight edge in most head-to-head encounters.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow'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 Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 41.15% | 209 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.70% | 265 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.74% | 172 |
Dark Willow'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 Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.40% | ▼ -2.3pp | 2,084 |
| 7.41d | 48.74% | ▲ +1.8pp | 21,863 |
| 7.41c | 46.97% | ▼ -0.7pp | 9,682 |
| 7.41b | 47.65% | — | 9,831 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow 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.