Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger wins the Drow Ranger vs Huskar matchup: Drow Ranger beats Huskar in 52.85% of 8,202 ranked matches.
Getting knocked back by Gust can be a serious problem for Huskar. The silence prevents him from using Inner Fire or Life Break, but the real issue is the space it creates. Drow Ranger wants to keep her distance, and Gust forces Huskar away, allowing her to pelt him with Frost Arrows. This slows him down, making it very difficult for him to close the gap again before he's taken significant damage. Even a successful jump with Life Break can be immediately reversed, leaving him stranded and vulnerable in the middle of her team.
The matchup often comes down to timing and itemization. Huskar will look for openings when Drow Ranger is isolated or Gust is on cooldown. Building a Black King Bar is a common way for him to negate her control, allowing him to run her down without being kited. For her part, Drow Ranger relies on good positioning and vision to avoid getting jumped in the first place. She and her team want to force fights where she can stand far back, using Multishot and her long attack range to weaken Huskar before he can ever get close.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Drow Ranger's win rate against Huskar 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 | Drow Ranger win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.53% | 863 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.22% | 1,159 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.38% | 719 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.81% | 231 |
Drow Ranger's win rate against Huskar in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Drow Ranger win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.85% | ▼ -3.1pp | 8,202 |
| 7.41d | 55.97% | ▲ +3.8pp | 121,329 |
| 7.41c | 52.20% | ▲ +0.6pp | 70,792 |
| 7.41b | 51.58% | — | 60,267 |
Move this data into a draft
Drow Ranger starts on Radiant and Huskar on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.