Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Wraith King wins the Wraith King vs Sven matchup: Wraith King beats Sven in 53.72% of 1,465 ranked matches.
Sven's entire game revolves around using God's Strength to delete a core hero. Against Wraith King, that plan fails because of Reincarnation. Sven invests his most important cooldown to get the first kill, but then Wraith King stands back up, ready to fight again. Sven's ultimate doesn't last long enough to deal with two lives, and he lacks the tools to prevent the resurrection. The fight effectively resets with Sven's primary damage source on cooldown, leaving his team at a massive disadvantage.
This dynamic forces Sven to make a bad choice. He can try to chew through Wraith King twice, which is often impossible, or he has to ignore the enemy frontliner entirely. Ignoring a farmed Wraith King is also not a viable strategy. Meanwhile, Wraith King can play with confidence, knowing his ultimate is the perfect counter to Sven's burst. He can walk up, stun Sven, and force a fight on his own terms, knowing that even if he dies, he gets a second chance to clean up.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Wraith King's win rate against Sven 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 | Wraith King win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 56.52% | 759 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.56% | 1,645 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.02% | 1,070 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.53% | 241 |
Wraith King's win rate against Sven in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Wraith King win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.72% | ▼ -1.9pp | 1,465 |
| 7.41d | 55.59% | ▲ +0.5pp | 103,461 |
| 7.41c | 55.13% | ▼ -0.3pp | 36,120 |
| 7.41b | 55.38% | — | 40,030 |
Move this data into a draft
Wraith King starts on Radiant and Sven on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.