Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight wins the Dragon Knight vs Medusa matchup: Dragon Knight beats Medusa in 53.30% of 2,062 ranked matches.
Facing Dragon Knight in lane can be a miserable experience for Medusa. His Breathe Fire makes it hard to secure last hits and his natural tankiness means she can't trade back effectively. This pressure usually gives Dragon Knight's team control of the early game. The issue is converting that lead. Medusa's Mana Shield is great at soaking up the kind of mixed burst damage Dragon Knight deals, buying her time to farm. If DK can't leverage his early power to end the game with his team, Medusa will eventually out-scale him and everyone else. It's a classic race between early-game tower pressure and late-game carry potential, which often leaves the result up to the other heroes in the game.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight's win rate against Medusa 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 | Dragon Knight win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 58.80% | 216 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.94% | 360 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.91% | 173 |
Dragon Knight's win rate against Medusa in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dragon Knight win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.30% | ▲ +2.1pp | 2,062 |
| 7.41d | 51.23% | ▲ +0.4pp | 25,541 |
| 7.41c | 50.87% | ▲ +2.6pp | 14,725 |
| 7.41b | 48.32% | — | 16,373 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight starts on Radiant and Medusa on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.