Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Wraith King wins the Lion vs Wraith King matchup: Wraith King beats Lion in 58.23% of 139,801 ranked matches.
Trying to eliminate Wraith King before a fight gets going is a trap Lion often falls into. Lion's whole purpose is to lock down and execute a single hero with spells like Hex and Finger of Death. Against Wraith King, this entire burst combo only serves to trigger Reincarnation. The best-case scenario for Lion is that he forces the ultimate, but then he's left with no mana and long cooldowns while Wraith King is back to full health, ready to rejoin the fight.
This leaves Lion in a terrible position for the entire game. As soon as Reincarnation is online, Wraith King can play aggressively, knowing Lion's biggest threat won't actually remove him from a fight. Lion is then forced to choose between wasting his ultimate or completely ignoring the frontline Wraith King to find a backline target. That hesitation or misapplication of his most powerful spell often costs his team the engagement, as he can't effectively deal with the most immediate problem.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lion's win rate against Wraith King 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 | 40.31% | 1,357 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.22% | 5,030 |
| Legend & Ancient | 39.40% | 4,998 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.62% | 817 |
Lion's win rate against Wraith King 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 41.77% | ▼ -1.0pp | 139,801 |
| 7.41e | 42.74% | ▲ +0.4pp | 437,316 |
| 7.41d | 42.36% | ▼ -1.7pp | 473,259 |
| 7.41c | 44.10% | — | 215,739 |
Move this data into a draft
Lion starts on Radiant and Wraith King on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.