Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pudge wins the Pudge vs Sniper matchup: Pudge beats Sniper in 53.67% of 8,253 ranked matches.
Landing a Meat Hook is often a death sentence for Sniper. Pudge can immediately follow up with Dismember and Rot, and a fragile hero with no escape mechanism has little chance of surviving that combo. This threat forces Sniper to constantly be aware of his positioning, making it difficult for him to safely farm or contribute damage in teamfights. A Pudge player with good map awareness can use smokes or fog of war to find an angle and completely neutralize Sniper before a fight even begins. While a missed hook leaves Pudge vulnerable to being kited and picked apart from a distance, the core dynamic of Pudge being able to instantly close the gap and disable his target gives him the advantage.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Pudge's win rate against Sniper 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 | Pudge win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.48% | 4,445 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.29% | 10,393 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.07% | 5,870 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.98% | 1,266 |
Pudge's win rate against Sniper in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Pudge win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.67% | ▲ +0.3pp | 8,253 |
| 7.41d | 53.37% | ▲ +1.6pp | 766,198 |
| 7.41c | 51.75% | ▼ -1.2pp | 379,581 |
| 7.41b | 52.92% | — | 358,837 |
Move this data into a draft
Pudge starts on Radiant and Sniper on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 12, 2026.