Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Pangolier matchup: Grimstroke beats Pangolier in 57.49% of 327 ranked matches.
Drafting Pangolier into an open Grimstroke is a decision that can lose the game before it starts. Grimstroke's kit is fundamentally hostile to everything Pangolier wants to do. A single Phantom's Embrace is often a death sentence, as the silence removes Pangolier's ability to Swashbuckle or Shield Crash, leaving him unable to escape or mitigate damage. This threat only intensifies later. Soulbind completely punishes his aggressive rolling; getting leashed to a core means he cannot use his mobility to disengage and instead becomes a liability, duplicating any single-target lockdown onto himself. Every one of Grimstroke's core spells is a direct counter to his playstyle.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Grimstroke's win rate against Pangolier 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 | 60.08% | 238 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.80% | 319 |
| Divine & Immortal | 59.60% | 151 |
Grimstroke's win rate against Pangolier 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 | 57.49% | ▼ -0.8pp | 327 |
| 7.41d | 58.31% | ▲ +0.9pp | 29,434 |
| 7.41c | 57.39% | ▲ +2.4pp | 25,856 |
| 7.41b | 55.03% | — | 29,627 |
Move this data into a draft
Grimstroke starts on Radiant and Pangolier on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.