Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Riki wins the Riki vs Slark matchup: Riki beats Slark in 53.92% of 931 ranked matches.
Trying to fight inside Riki's Smoke Screen is a nightmare for Slark. The silence stops him from using Pounce to escape or Dark Pact to purge himself, leaving him completely exposed. While he's stuck in the cloud, the miss chance also severely cuts his damage, making it impossible to build up Essence Shift stacks. Riki can freely attack from inside the smoke, applying his own slows and bursting Slark down before he can react. Even if Slark manages to survive the initial gank, he loses the ability to safely split from his team and regenerate with Shadow Dance, since Riki provides a constant threat of initiation.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Riki's win rate against Slark 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 | Riki win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 50.19% | 522 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.09% | 1,083 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.42% | 738 |
| Divine & Immortal | 60.00% | 210 |
Riki's win rate against Slark in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Riki win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.92% | ▼ -0.5pp | 931 |
| 7.41d | 54.42% | ▼ -0.6pp | 94,121 |
| 7.41c | 55.01% | ▲ +0.3pp | 58,571 |
| 7.41b | 54.74% | — | 63,422 |
Move this data into a draft
Riki starts on Radiant and Slark on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.