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Grimstroke vs Necrophos

Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.

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Grimstroke 52.35%
Grimstroke52.35%
Necrophos47.65%
Over 1,404 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Necrophos matchup: Grimstroke beats Necrophos in 52.35% of 1,404 ranked matches.

How this matchup plays

Playing the mid-fight as Necrophos feels restrictive against a Grimstroke. Necrophos naturally wants to stay close to his team for healing and aura pressure, but this positioning gets heavily punished by Soulbind. The ultimate turns any single-target disable against Necrophos into a two-for-one problem for his team. An incoming Ink Swell also threatens to silence and stun him before he can activate Ghost Shroud or cast a life-saving Reaper's Scythe. Although Necrophos has his own ways to survive, Grimstroke's control tools fundamentally disrupt his ability to play the slow, attrition-based game he excels at without putting his whole team at risk.

Grimstroke vs Necrophos by rank

How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Grimstroke's win rate against Necrophos 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.

RankGrimstroke win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian53.90%462
Crusader & Archon51.56%1,474
Legend & Ancient51.60%1,341
Divine & Immortal52.31%476

Grimstroke vs Necrophos across patches

Grimstroke's win rate against Necrophos in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.

PatchGrimstroke win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 52.35%▲ +0.5pp1,404
7.41d 51.87%▼ -0.9pp128,979
7.41c 52.81%▲ +0.4pp58,288
7.41b 52.45%47,978

Move this data into a draft

Put Grimstroke against Necrophos

Grimstroke starts on Radiant and Necrophos on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.

Radiant4 open
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Dire4 open
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Frequently asked questions

Does Grimstroke counter Necrophos?
Grimstroke wins 52.35% of ranked matches against Necrophos in Dota 2 7.41e (1,404 matches) — the matchup favors Grimstroke.
Does Necrophos counter Grimstroke?
Necrophos wins 47.65% of ranked matches against Grimstroke in Dota 2 7.41e (1,404 matches) — the matchup favors Grimstroke.
How many matches back the Grimstroke vs Necrophos win rate?
1,404 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 11, 2026.