Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Troll Warlord wins the Kez vs Troll Warlord matchup: Troll Warlord beats Kez in 58.99% of 6,693 ranked matches.
A mid-game duel often goes poorly for Kez, as his kit revolves around controlled trades and well-timed parries. Troll Warlord's entire approach to fighting invalidates this strategy. Once Troll commits with Battle Trance, the fight becomes a raw damage race where the sheer volume of attacks makes it impossible for Kez to parry effectively. Blocking one attack means little when so many more are coming. Furthermore, the miss chance from Whirling Axes cripples Kez’s ability to fight back, even if he manages to survive the initial onslaught. Troll fundamentally denies the skillful duel Kez is looking for and simply overpowers him.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Kez's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 | Kez win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 36.71% | 207 |
| Legend & Ancient | 35.10% | 151 |
Kez's win rate against Troll Warlord in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Kez win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 41.01% | ▼ -0.4pp | 6,693 |
| 7.41e | 41.37% | ▼ -1.1pp | 21,917 |
| 7.41d | 42.44% | ▼ -1.0pp | 20,415 |
| 7.41c | 43.41% | — | 12,195 |
Move this data into a draft
Kez starts on Radiant and Troll Warlord on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.