Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight wins the Dragon Knight vs Io matchup: Dragon Knight beats Io in 50.77% of 2,025 ranked matches.
Trying to burst down a hero tethered to Io can be a frustrating experience. Dragon Knight's Dragon Tail provides a reliable stun to set up a kill, but the moment it wears off, Io's Tether provides the movement speed and healing needed for its partner to reposition and survive. This effectively negates much of Dragon Knight’s simple catch-and-kill potential against a key target. On the other hand, a farmed Dragon Knight is one of the most durable heroes in the game and can often ignore the tethered pair to melt towers. Since Io has no stuns of its own to interrupt this, the matchup becomes a race that either hero can win.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight's win rate against Io 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 | 53.44% | 189 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.52% | 413 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.91% | 274 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.85% | 108 |
Dragon Knight's win rate against Io 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 | 50.77% | ▲ +1.0pp | 2,025 |
| 7.41d | 49.75% | ▲ +0.0pp | 20,312 |
| 7.41c | 49.72% | ▲ +1.8pp | 8,776 |
| 7.41b | 47.94% | — | 10,140 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight starts on Radiant and Io on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.