Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit wins the Queen of Pain vs Vengeful Spirit matchup: Vengeful Spirit beats Queen of Pain in 56.45% of 19,239 ranked matches.
Trying to blink in for a kill often ends badly for Queen of Pain when a Vengeful Spirit is on the other team. QoP relies on her mobility to get a quick combo off and escape, but Vengeful Spirit has two perfect tools to stop that. Magic Missile is a straightforward, reliable stun that can catch Queen of Pain before or after she Blinks. More importantly, Nether Swap completely counters her positioning. A blink-in can be instantly reversed by a swap, leaving QoP stranded and surrounded. Even a successful escape can be undone if Venge is in range to swap her back into the fight.
This dynamic forces the Queen of Pain to play with extreme caution from the mid-game onward. Instead of aggressively hunting for solo pick-offs, she has to worry about Vengeful Spirit’s location at all times. In larger fights, Venge can hold her spells specifically for QoP's initiation, effectively zoning her out or ensuring she dies the moment she commits. This often forces the QoP to buy defensive items earlier than she'd like, slowing down her own damage progression and giving the enemy team more space to operate.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Queen of Pain's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | Queen of Pain win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 38.48% | 816 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.33% | 2,594 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.33% | 2,594 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.70% | 801 |
Queen of Pain's win rate against Vengeful Spirit in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Queen of Pain win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 43.55% | ▲ +0.4pp | 19,239 |
| 7.41d | 43.10% | ▼ -1.2pp | 214,186 |
| 7.41c | 44.35% | ▼ -2.7pp | 75,997 |
| 7.41b | 47.04% | — | 80,646 |
Move this data into a draft
Queen of Pain starts on Radiant and Vengeful Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.