Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Zeus wins the Templar Assassin vs Zeus matchup: Zeus beats Templar Assassin in 52.72% of 8,606 ranked matches.
Jumping on a squishy backliner like Zeus feels like it should be an easy kill for Templar Assassin, but it rarely plays out that way. Her entire defensive game relies on Refraction, and Zeus is perfectly equipped to dismantle it. A single Arc Lightning can strip a charge from a distance for almost no mana. With every spell he casts, his Static Field chips away again. This constant, low-cooldown magical damage means Templar Assassin can almost never keep her shield active, leaving her fragile and unable to leverage the bonus damage from its charges.
This pressure starts in the lane and never really lets up. Templar Assassin struggles to find farm or secure runes when her shield can be broken so easily. Later on, initiating a kill is incredibly difficult. If she tries to use Meld to set up an attack, Zeus can reveal her with a well-placed Lightning Bolt or even Thundergod's Wrath. Templar Assassin is forced into buying a Black King Bar far earlier than she wants, delaying the damage items she needs to snowball. Zeus dictates the engagement, forcing her to play defensively in a matchup where she needs to be the aggressor.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Templar Assassin's win rate against Zeus 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 | Templar Assassin win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 47.13% | 592 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.73% | 1,421 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.70% | 1,173 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.45% | 470 |
Templar Assassin's win rate against Zeus in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Templar Assassin win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.28% | ▲ +1.5pp | 8,606 |
| 7.41d | 45.80% | ▼ -0.5pp | 124,942 |
| 7.41c | 46.30% | ▲ +0.4pp | 47,126 |
| 7.41b | 45.92% | — | 52,495 |
Move this data into a draft
Templar Assassin starts on Radiant and Zeus on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.