Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Io matchup: Grimstroke beats Io in 50.55% of 4,973 ranked matches.
Landing Soulbind on an Io and its Tethered partner is the ideal scenario for Grimstroke, locking down two heroes at once for his team to burst down. This can completely neutralize the save potential that makes Io so strong in the first place. However, the matchup is far from one-sided. A good Io player leverages Relocate to choose battles and create pressure far away from where Grimstroke wants to fight. This turns the game into a strategic contest of positioning. Io can force objectives across the map, making Grimstroke's teamfight ultimate feel useless. If a fight does happen, Io’s massive healing can sometimes be enough to keep a tethered target alive through the lockdown, making the outcome difficult to predict.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Grimstroke's win rate against Io 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 | 50.85% | 236 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.89% | 819 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.75% | 812 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.52% | 337 |
Grimstroke's win rate against Io 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 | 50.55% | ▼ -0.3pp | 4,973 |
| 7.41d | 50.87% | ▼ -0.1pp | 43,689 |
| 7.41c | 50.96% | ▲ +0.0pp | 16,063 |
| 7.41b | 50.95% | — | 15,746 |
Move this data into a draft
Grimstroke starts on Radiant and Io on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.