Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer wins the Dragon Knight vs Outworld Destroyer matchup: Outworld Destroyer beats Dragon Knight in 53.84% of 3,074 ranked matches.
Facing an Outworld Destroyer in lane can feel frustrating for Dragon Knight. A huge part of DK's tankiness comes from Dragon's Blood, which provides a ton of armor and regeneration. Outworld Destroyer's Arcane Orb completely ignores that armor with pure damage, letting him whittle down Dragon Knight's health much more effectively than most heroes. Even if DK tries to trade, OD can use Astral Imprisonment to reset the engagement or set up his own damage. This constant, unmitigatable poke makes it hard for Dragon Knight to play his usual game of being an unkillable lane anchor.
The matchup pivots heavily around Dragon Knight's item timings. Once he gets a Black King Bar, the dynamic can flip. With magic immunity, DK can charge straight at Outworld Destroyer, ignoring Astral Imprisonment and the burst from Sanity's Eclipse. If Dragon Knight can close the distance and land his stun during that window, OD is often helpless. The game then becomes a matter of positioning and cooldowns; OD tries to poke from a safe distance, while DK looks for a clean BKB initiation to burst him down before he can react.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight's win rate against Outworld Destroyer 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 | 50.26% | 193 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.70% | 531 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.06% | 373 |
Dragon Knight's win rate against Outworld Destroyer 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 | 46.16% | ▼ -3.4pp | 3,074 |
| 7.41d | 49.59% | ▲ +1.6pp | 29,659 |
| 7.41c | 48.01% | ▲ +0.6pp | 14,289 |
| 7.41b | 47.37% | — | 16,737 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight starts on Radiant and Outworld Destroyer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.