Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lycan wins the Lycan vs Viper matchup: Lycan beats Viper in 51.80% of 1,502 ranked matches.
Running down Viper presents a difficult challenge for Lycan. Viper’s constant slows from Poison Attack make it hard for the wolves to connect, and placing Nethertoxin correctly can break Lycan's passives, gutting his damage output. Viper Strike is also a huge problem before Lycan gets a Black King Bar. However, Lycan’s own strengths keep the fight from being one-sided. During Shapeshift, his immense speed often allows him to power through the slows and reach his target anyway. Viper is fragile, lacks any escape mechanism, and can be easily surrounded and overwhelmed by Lycan and his summons if caught out of position, making this a very execution-dependent matchup for both heroes.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lycan's win rate against Viper 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 52.26% | 155 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.00% | 248 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.75% | 143 |
Lycan's win rate against Viper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.80% | ▲ +1.0pp | 1,502 |
| 7.41d | 50.82% | ▼ -1.5pp | 18,594 |
| 7.41c | 52.36% | ▲ +2.8pp | 9,881 |
| 7.41b | 49.53% | — | 8,209 |
Move this data into a draft
Lycan starts on Radiant and Viper on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.