Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos wins the Necrophos vs Troll Warlord matchup: Necrophos beats Troll Warlord in 53.21% of 748 ranked matches.
Thinking you can man-fight a Necrophos as Troll Warlord is the main trap here. Troll wants to commit with Battle Trance and right-click a target down, but Necrophos completely denies this plan. The moment Troll pops his ultimate, Necrophos can use Ghost Shroud to become immune to all of Troll's physical damage, wasting the entire duration. All the while, Heartstopper Aura is constantly draining Troll Warlord's health, punishing him for trying to stay in the fight and build his Fervor stacks. He can't stick to his target, and he takes passive damage for even trying.
This problem gets worse for Troll Warlord as the game progresses. A farmed Necrophos is incredibly durable and can kite him indefinitely, making it impossible for Troll to get the kills he needs to snowball. The threat of a Reaper's Scythe is always there to finish him off if he gets low, preventing any chance of turning the fight around with lifesteal. Troll's only real hope is to coordinate a gank with his team and burst Necrophos before he can react, but good positioning makes that a very difficult play to execute.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Necrophos's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 | 55.72% | 551 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.49% | 837 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.23% | 496 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.06% | 147 |
Necrophos's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.21% | ▼ -0.3pp | 748 |
| 7.41d | 53.56% | ▲ +0.9pp | 66,886 |
| 7.41c | 52.62% | ▼ -1.0pp | 33,697 |
| 7.41b | 53.63% | — | 29,391 |
Move this data into a draft
Necrophos starts on Radiant and Troll Warlord on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.