Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos wins the Doom vs Necrophos matchup: Necrophos beats Doom in 51.98% of 12,962 ranked matches.
Applying Doom's ultimate to Necrophos feels like it should be the perfect answer, but the situation is often more favorable for Necrophos than it appears. A lot of his strength comes from being a durable front-liner who wears teams down with Heartstopper Aura, not from casting lots of spells that Doom can disable. He's built to survive and take punishment. While being Doomed certainly hurts, he is tanky enough to sometimes live through it, especially with help from his team. The whole time, his passive aura is chipping away at Doom and anyone who gets close, making it a costly trade even when successful.
This dynamic forces a tough choice for Doom in teamfights. Using his ultimate on Necrophos means another dangerous enemy core is free to act, and Necrophos might survive anyway. Ignoring Necrophos allows him to sustain his team and eventually remove a key hero with Reaper's Scythe. Necrophos is generally happy to stand his ground and force these long, grinding engagements where his kit shines. Doom wants a quick kill on a high-value target, and Necrophos complicates that plan by being an unattractive, resilient target who punishes you for ignoring him.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Doom's win rate against Necrophos 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 | Doom win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 42.13% | 610 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.54% | 1,796 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.62% | 1,934 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.53% | 748 |
Doom's win rate against Necrophos in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Doom win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 48.02% | ▲ +0.5pp | 12,962 |
| 7.41d | 47.56% | ▼ -0.3pp | 172,750 |
| 7.41c | 47.87% | ▲ +0.5pp | 67,339 |
| 7.41b | 47.39% | — | 63,000 |
Move this data into a draft
Doom starts on Radiant and Necrophos on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.