Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lycan wins the Earth Spirit vs Lycan matchup: Lycan beats Earth Spirit in 54.93% of 1,196 ranked matches.
Kicking Lycan away with Boulder Smash is one of the few ways to reposition him during Shapeshift, which can save a core or a tower. Earth Spirit excels at disrupting Lycan’s deathball push by stunning him with Rolling Boulder and silencing him with Geomagnetic Grip to prevent him from using items or re-summoning wolves. Magnetize also spreads through his entire army, applying consistent damage and a slow that helps kite the non-immune units. However, this advantage is fragile. Lycan is immune to slows in his ultimate, and once he gets a Black King Bar, most of Earth Spirit’s control is nullified, allowing him to run free.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Earth Spirit's win rate against Lycan 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 | Earth Spirit win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 47.53% | 162 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.60% | 208 |
| Divine & Immortal | 36.11% | 144 |
Earth Spirit's win rate against Lycan in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Earth Spirit win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 45.07% | ▼ -6.1pp | 1,196 |
| 7.41d | 51.18% | ▼ -1.1pp | 9,689 |
| 7.41c | 52.27% | ▼ -0.3pp | 4,257 |
| 7.41b | 52.53% | — | 3,002 |
Move this data into a draft
Earth Spirit starts on Radiant and Lycan on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.