Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Invoker wins the Invoker vs Medusa matchup: Invoker beats Medusa in 54.11% of 19,499 ranked matches.
Keeping Medusa from taking over the map often comes down to mana control. Invoker has one of the best tools for this with EMP, which directly burns away the resource Medusa relies on for her Mana Shield. Without a full mana pool, she's surprisingly fragile and can't sustain through a long fight. On top of that, Invoker can use Tornado to lift her out of a fight or Deafening Blast to disarm her, completely shutting down her damage output for a few critical seconds. These spells give his team a window to either burst her down or deal with her allies before she can recover.
The game often becomes a race. Medusa will try to use Mystic Snake to dominate the lane and then accelerate her farm, aiming for a quick BKB to negate Invoker's control. If she gets ahead, she can become too tanky to kill before her Stone Gaze turns a fight. Invoker's goal is the opposite: to hit his own key levels and items, then start creating pressure with his team. He wants to force fights before Medusa is ready, using his spell combinations to isolate and kill her before she can activate her BKB and run everyone over.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Invoker's win rate against Medusa 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 | Invoker win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 54.91% | 173 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.38% | 635 |
| Legend & Ancient | 60.03% | 678 |
| Divine & Immortal | 68.89% | 135 |
Invoker's win rate against Medusa in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Invoker win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 54.11% | ▲ +1.0pp | 19,499 |
| 7.41e | 53.08% | ▼ -0.1pp | 64,888 |
| 7.41d | 53.15% | ▼ -0.5pp | 78,645 |
| 7.41c | 53.66% | — | 43,550 |
Move this data into a draft
Invoker starts on Radiant and Medusa on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.