Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit wins the Lion vs Vengeful Spirit matchup: Vengeful Spirit beats Lion in 57.69% of 5,018 ranked matches.
Trying to burst a core with Lion is a massive risk when Vengeful Spirit is on the other team. The moment Lion uses Hex or Earth Spike, she can simply Nether Swap his target to safety. This not only wastes Lion's entire combo, but often leaves him dangerously out of position and gets him killed. Even in lane, her Wave of Terror provides vision to scout for ganks, and her own stun can easily interrupt a Mana Drain from the trees. Vengeful Spirit's ability to reposition allies and turn a gank around completely disrupts Lion's game plan, which relies entirely on locking down and deleting a single hero before they can react.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lion's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | 41.27% | 1,747 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.22% | 5,527 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.65% | 4,965 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.24% | 1,501 |
Lion's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | 42.31% | ▼ -2.2pp | 5,018 |
| 7.41d | 44.52% | ▼ -2.1pp | 440,890 |
| 7.41c | 46.58% | ▲ +0.2pp | 153,831 |
| 7.41b | 46.36% | — | 139,657 |
Move this data into a draft
Lion starts on Radiant and Vengeful Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.