Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slark wins the Dragon Knight vs Slark matchup: Slark beats Dragon Knight in 53.56% of 717 ranked matches.
Purging Dragon Tail with Dark Pact means Slark isn't afraid of getting initiated on. This interaction completely shuts down Dragon Knight's main form of lockdown. It allows Slark to stay aggressive, repeatedly hitting and building up Essence Shift stacks during a fight. Dragon Knight's tankiness becomes a liability, as he can't burst Slark down and instead provides a long window for his stats to be drained. Without a way to reliably hold Slark in place or escape a Pounce, Dragon Knight often finds himself unable to protect his team or even himself as the game goes on.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight's win rate against Slark 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 | 46.28% | 417 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.80% | 893 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.88% | 584 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.14% | 111 |
Dragon Knight's win rate against Slark 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 | 46.44% | ▼ -0.9pp | 717 |
| 7.41d | 47.29% | ▲ +0.1pp | 65,616 |
| 7.41c | 47.24% | ▲ +0.8pp | 40,278 |
| 7.41b | 46.44% | — | 49,404 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight starts on Radiant and Slark on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.