Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slardar wins the Nature's Prophet vs Slardar matchup: Slardar beats Nature's Prophet in 55.57% of 1,051 ranked matches.
Kiting a hero like Slardar feels like it should be Nature's Prophet's specialty, but the reality is much harsher. Slardar's whole design counters that playstyle. Corrosive Haze provides vision on Nature's Prophet, so a Teleportation escape is never truly safe and his team always knows where to follow up. The armor reduction makes an already-squishy hero melt. Between Guardian Sprint to close the gap and a Blink Dagger for initiation, there's very little room for Prophet to maneuver before he's stunned and killed.
Once Slardar picks up his Blink Dagger, the map shrinks dramatically for Nature's Prophet. Any solo push or farm attempt becomes a calculated risk of getting jumped and deleted. This forces Prophet to abandon his split-pushing identity and play much closer to his team, where he is less effective. Slardar has a simple, repeatable goal of finding and marking Prophet, turning him into the priority target in every single skirmish and teamfight.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Nature's Prophet's win rate against Slardar 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 | Nature's Prophet win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 40.53% | 607 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.61% | 1,190 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.68% | 827 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.06% | 267 |
Nature's Prophet's win rate against Slardar in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Nature's Prophet win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 44.43% | ▲ +1.3pp | 1,051 |
| 7.41d | 43.11% | ▲ +0.5pp | 105,250 |
| 7.41c | 42.64% | ▲ +0.2pp | 52,335 |
| 7.41b | 42.46% | — | 48,106 |
Move this data into a draft
Nature's Prophet starts on Radiant and Slardar on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 12, 2026.