Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Io wins the Medusa vs Io matchup: Io beats Medusa in 50.29% of 2,050 ranked matches.
Drafting Io against Medusa is a commitment to an aggressive, early-game plan. The goal is to use Relocate to repeatedly find and kill Medusa, disrupting her farm and preventing her from becoming a problem. This strategy can be effective against a hero with no natural escape. However, Medusa is built to endure single-target pressure thanks to Mana Shield. Later in the game, her Split Shot is guaranteed to damage both Io and his tethered ally in teamfights. A well-timed Stone Gaze can also completely punish an aggressive Relocate initiation. The matchup becomes a race, with Io trying to enable a snowball before Medusa can come online and overwhelm his team.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Medusa'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 | Medusa win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 51.09% | 137 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.41% | 381 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.23% | 307 |
Medusa'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 | Medusa win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.71% | ▼ -0.7pp | 2,050 |
| 7.41d | 50.41% | ▲ +0.4pp | 21,673 |
| 7.41c | 50.05% | ▲ +0.8pp | 9,438 |
| 7.41b | 49.28% | — | 10,829 |
Move this data into a draft
Medusa 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.