Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phoenix wins the Dragon Knight vs Phoenix matchup: Phoenix beats Dragon Knight in 59.01% of 283 ranked matches.
Feeling unkillable as a big Dragon Knight doesn't last long when Phoenix is in the game. Sun Ray is a nightmare for a slow, high-health hero, burning through his large HP pool from a safe distance with magical damage that ignores his armor. If Dragon Knight ever manages to close the gap, the massive attack speed slow from Fire Spirits neuters his physical damage output, making him a non-threat. This problem gets worse during teamfights, where he often lacks the sustained damage to destroy Supernova by himself. Phoenix systematically dismantles Dragon Knight's game plan of being a durable front-line tower pusher, kiting and burning him down from afar.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight's win rate against Phoenix 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 | 43.48% | 115 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.23% | 311 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.50% | 242 |
Dragon Knight's win rate against Phoenix 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 | 40.99% | ▼ -6.2pp | 283 |
| 7.41d | 47.15% | ▼ -0.8pp | 27,900 |
| 7.41c | 47.91% | ▲ +2.4pp | 19,012 |
| 7.41b | 45.48% | — | 23,545 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight starts on Radiant and Phoenix on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.