Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Sven wins the Lycan vs Sven matchup: Sven beats Lycan in 55.53% of 7,356 ranked matches.
You might think Lycan’s army of summons can run down a single melee hero, but Sven is built to punish exactly that strategy. Warcry provides his team with the necessary armor and movement speed to easily survive the initial push and reposition. The real problem for Lycan starts once Sven has God's Strength. All of Sven’s cleave damage tears through the wolves and other summoned units, turning Lycan’s main strength into a huge liability. Instead of being a threat, the pack becomes a source of splash damage that melts Lycan himself if he tries to fight in the middle of them.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lycan's win rate against Sven 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 | Lycan win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 44.24% | 165 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.13% | 216 |
Lycan's win rate against Sven in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Lycan win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 44.47% | ▼ -0.2pp | 7,356 |
| 7.41e | 44.68% | ▼ -0.5pp | 19,169 |
| 7.41d | 45.18% | ▼ -1.7pp | 15,658 |
| 7.41c | 46.86% | — | 7,910 |
Move this data into a draft
Lycan starts on Radiant and Sven on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.