Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Necrophos wins the Necrophos vs Slardar matchup: Necrophos beats Slardar in 52.32% of 42,152 ranked matches.
Closing the gap on Necrophos often feels like a trap for Slardar. After a successful blink and Slithereen Crush, Necrophos can respond with Ghost Shroud, negating all of Slardar's follow-up physical damage from his right-clicks and passive bash. Suddenly, the hunter becomes the hunted. Necrophos can sustain through the initial burst with Death Pulse and start kiting the slowed Slardar, wearing him down with constant damage. While Slardar's stun still provides a brief opening for his allies to follow up with magic damage, he personally struggles to finish the kill, often finding himself out of position and low on health without having accomplished his primary goal.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Necrophos's win rate against Slardar 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 | Necrophos win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 51.07% | 654 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.49% | 2,269 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.97% | 2,275 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.84% | 651 |
Necrophos's win rate against Slardar in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Necrophos win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.32% | ▲ +0.8pp | 42,152 |
| 7.41e | 51.56% | ▼ -1.7pp | 203,012 |
| 7.41d | 53.28% | ▲ +1.4pp | 213,367 |
| 7.41c | 51.85% | — | 107,622 |
Move this data into a draft
Necrophos starts on Radiant and Slardar on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 2, 2026.