Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Io wins the Lycan vs Io matchup: Io beats Lycan in 50.74% of 1,222 ranked matches.
Running at a core with Shapeshift often feels less effective against an Io. Lycan wants to isolate and burst down a single hero, but Io is built to prevent exactly that. A well-timed Tether can pull Lycan's target to safety, and Overcharge can make them surprisingly difficult to finish off before the ultimate expires. If all else fails, Relocate removes the target from the fight entirely, leaving the wolf stranded. This advantage depends on good positioning, though. If Lycan and his pack can catch Io first, the support dies very quickly. It's telling that Io is better at saving someone from Lycan than he is at enabling one on his own team.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lycan's win rate against Io 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 | 50.23% | 221 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.01% | 183 |
Lycan's win rate against Io 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 | 49.26% | ▲ +1.4pp | 1,222 |
| 7.41d | 47.83% | ▼ -1.7pp | 11,093 |
| 7.41c | 49.55% | ▲ +4.2pp | 4,874 |
| 7.41b | 45.32% | — | 3,939 |
Move this data into a draft
Lycan starts on Radiant and Io on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.