Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lion wins the Lion vs Queen of Pain matchup: Lion beats Queen of Pain in 51.76% of 35,917 ranked matches.
Blinking around the map as Queen of Pain feels a lot riskier when there's a Lion on the other team. Her whole game revolves around mobility and using Blink to survive, but Lion’s Hex is an instant lockdown. There’s no time to react before his team follows up. A single misstep can get her chain-stunned and finished off with Finger of Death before she has a chance to escape, which forces a much more cautious playstyle from the Queen of Pain.
This dynamic really defines the mid-game. Lion will be hunting for pickoffs, and Queen of Pain is a prime target. In response, she often has to buy a Black King Bar or Linken's Sphere earlier than she'd like. The matchup isn't one-sided, though. Lion is very fragile himself, and if QoP can get the jump on him first, he evaporates. It becomes a game of vision and initiation where Lion has the right tools for the job, but he still has to land the first blow.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lion's win rate against Queen of Pain 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 | Lion win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.13% | 1,598 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.39% | 5,219 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.89% | 4,671 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.13% | 1,389 |
Lion's win rate against Queen of Pain in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Lion win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.76% | ▼ -1.1pp | 35,917 |
| 7.41d | 52.90% | ▼ -0.9pp | 431,840 |
| 7.41c | 53.81% | ▲ +2.9pp | 272,254 |
| 7.41b | 50.94% | — | 297,939 |
Move this data into a draft
Lion starts on Radiant and Queen of Pain on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.