Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight wins the Dragon Knight vs Slardar matchup: Dragon Knight beats Slardar in 51.33% of 4,730 ranked matches.
Slardar’s game plan of reducing armor and running at people meets a natural obstacle in Dragon Knight. Corrosive Haze is meant to melt durable heroes, but Dragon Blood provides so much passive armor and regeneration that he often survives the initial burst. This forces Slardar to commit extra resources or stay on target for an uncomfortably long time, giving Dragon Knight a window to fight back with his own stun and damage. While Slardar's physical pressure is a threat, Dragon Knight isn't an easy hero to bring down quickly, creating a standoff where neither has a clear, immediate advantage.
The matchup often becomes a race against the clock. Slardar wants to create tempo with early ganks, using his ultimate to find and burst isolated targets. Dragon Knight, however, is more focused on hitting his timings and using Elder Dragon Form to methodically siege towers with his team. If Slardar and his allies can repeatedly catch Dragon Knight out of position, they can seize map control. But if Dragon Knight can group up and start pushing objectives, Slardar’s single-target focus struggles to stop the five-man pressure, leaving the game's outcome heavily dependent on team execution.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight's win rate against Slardar 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 | 51.55% | 419 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.07% | 847 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.51% | 477 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.52% | 139 |
Dragon Knight's win rate against Slardar 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 | 51.33% | ▲ +0.5pp | 4,730 |
| 7.41d | 50.84% | ▲ +1.9pp | 55,653 |
| 7.41c | 48.94% | ▲ +0.3pp | 32,517 |
| 7.41b | 48.64% | — | 34,880 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight starts on Radiant and Slardar on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.