Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Troll Warlord wins the Slark vs Troll Warlord matchup: Troll Warlord beats Slark in 50.46% of 547 ranked matches.
Keeping Troll Warlord off the map becomes much easier, which slows down his whole game. A core part of Troll's fighting pattern is using Whirling Axes to make you miss your attacks, but Slark can instantly remove that debuff with Dark Pact. This allows Slark to reliably build up Essence Shift stacks during a fight, draining Troll's damage and armor. If Troll Warlord does commit his ultimate, Battle Trance, Slark can often disengage with Pounce or simply wait it out in Shadow Dance. Troll can still win a straight-up fight if he gets a good root or lockdown first, but Slark has all the tools to choose his engagement and reset when things go badly.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Slark'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 | Slark win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 47.67% | 386 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.48% | 591 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.90% | 343 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.05% | 109 |
Slark'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 | Slark win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.54% | ▼ -2.4pp | 547 |
| 7.41d | 51.90% | ▼ -0.2pp | 45,205 |
| 7.41c | 52.15% | ▼ -0.8pp | 26,056 |
| 7.41b | 52.93% | — | 28,404 |
Move this data into a draft
Slark 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.