Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit wins the Ember Spirit vs Lina matchup: Ember Spirit beats Lina in 50.11% of 16,752 ranked matches.
Controlling the game's pace is tough for either hero here, as both Ember Spirit and Lina can secure farm efficiently even when behind. The lane dynamic is a classic trade-off. Lina has the range and magical burst to pressure from a distance, but Ember's Flame Guard can absorb a significant portion of that early nuke damage. At the same time, his Sleight of Fist provides a reliable way to dodge her Light Strike Array, making a solo kill very difficult for her to execute without help from her team.
As the game progresses, the standoff continues. Ember Spirit leverages his global presence with Fire Remnant to split the map and look for pickoffs, avoiding direct confrontations. Lina prefers to group with her team, using her immense single-target damage to blow up whichever hero gets caught. The winner of any engagement is often decided by who gets the jump. Ember can be deleted if he’s silenced or stunned, but he’s also slippery enough to chip away at Lina from safety if she can’t find a way to lock him down.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ember Spirit's win rate against Lina 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 | Ember Spirit win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 47.52% | 606 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.70% | 2,132 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.28% | 2,579 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.10% | 1,426 |
Ember Spirit's win rate against Lina in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Ember Spirit win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.11% | ▲ +0.8pp | 16,752 |
| 7.41d | 49.34% | ▼ -0.9pp | 139,779 |
| 7.41c | 50.23% | ▼ -1.1pp | 57,251 |
| 7.41b | 51.29% | — | 60,992 |
Move this data into a draft
Ember Spirit starts on Radiant and Lina on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.