Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Kez matchup: Grimstroke beats Kez in 55.49% of 14,158 ranked matches.
Playing Kez into Grimstroke often feels like your entire plan is shut down before the fight even starts. Kez is built to isolate a hero and win a clean duel, but Soulbind makes that impossible. Suddenly his one-on-one turns into a two-on-one, and any single-target lockdown gets copied onto him as well. Even if Kez manages to jump a target, Grimstroke can easily apply Phantom's Embrace from a safe distance. The long silence turns off Kez's ability to parry or swap stances, leaving him completely exposed without his defensive tools right when he needs them most. Grimstroke simply has too many ways to punish a hero who relies on specific dueling conditions.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Grimstroke's win rate against Kez 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 | Grimstroke win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 58.47% | 354 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.77% | 519 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.02% | 212 |
Grimstroke's win rate against Kez in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Grimstroke win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 55.49% | ▼ -2.2pp | 14,158 |
| 7.41e | 57.70% | ▲ +0.6pp | 45,979 |
| 7.41d | 57.11% | ▲ +2.2pp | 44,893 |
| 7.41c | 54.92% | — | 26,004 |
Move this data into a draft
Grimstroke starts on Radiant and Kez on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.