Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet wins the Death Prophet vs Drow Ranger matchup: Death Prophet beats Drow Ranger in 52.78% of 790 ranked matches.
A full-strength Exorcism push often falls apart against a Drow Ranger. Death Prophet’s entire game plan revolves around being in the middle of the fight, draining enemies with Spirit Siphon while her ghosts do damage. Drow’s Gust completely shuts this down by pushing her back and silencing her, preventing any spell usage. This interruption creates all the space Drow needs to start kiting with Frost Arrows. It also keeps enemies far enough away for her Marksmanship to stay active, allowing her to output her maximum damage.
This dynamic means Death Prophet’s key timings are often nullified. Even if she has a strong start, her first couple of objective pushes can be easily stalled by a well-positioned Drow. DP is forced to either wait for a teammate to initiate on Drow first or invest in items like a Blink Dagger to get a surprise jump. Without that perfect initiation, Death Prophet usually finds herself silenced and slowed, unable to heal with Spirit Siphon and getting torn apart by physical damage from a safe distance.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Death Prophet's win rate against Drow Ranger 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 | Death Prophet win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 46.83% | 600 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.79% | 975 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.32% | 706 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.69% | 273 |
Death Prophet's win rate against Drow Ranger in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Death Prophet win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.78% | ▲ +8.0pp | 790 |
| 7.41d | 44.78% | ▼ -0.6pp | 104,314 |
| 7.41c | 45.38% | ▼ -1.5pp | 53,108 |
| 7.41b | 46.89% | — | 44,616 |
Move this data into a draft
Death Prophet starts on Radiant and Drow Ranger on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.