Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Necrophos matchup: Grimstroke beats Necrophos in 53.37% of 39,536 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 | 53.68% | 326 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.96% | 1,253 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.46% | 1,442 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.90% | 444 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 53.37% | ▲ +0.2pp | 39,536 |
| 7.41e | 53.17% | ▲ +1.2pp | 129,254 |
| 7.41d | 51.94% | ▼ -0.9pp | 144,772 |
| 7.41c | 52.81% | — | 58,288 |
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 Oct 5, 2026.