Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Necrophos matchup: Grimstroke beats Necrophos in 52.35% of 1,404 ranked matches.
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.
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.
| Rank | Grimstroke win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.90% | 462 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.56% | 1,474 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.60% | 1,341 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.31% | 476 |
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.
| Patch | Grimstroke win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.35% | ▲ +0.5pp | 1,404 |
| 7.41d | 51.87% | ▼ -0.9pp | 128,979 |
| 7.41c | 52.81% | ▲ +0.4pp | 58,288 |
| 7.41b | 52.45% | — | 47,978 |
Move this data into a draft
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.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.