Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Zeus wins the Tidehunter vs Zeus matchup: Zeus beats Tidehunter in 50.52% of 17,677 ranked matches.
Deciding whether to pick one hero into the other often hinges on your team's ability to follow up. Zeus has an easy time chipping away at Tidehunter's large health pool from a safe distance. Kraken Shell is good at shrugging off burst, but it offers less protection from the steady stream of low-cooldown magic damage that Zeus puts out. Tidehunter is slow and struggles to close the distance on his own, making him an easy target for chain lightning and bolts from the sky.
The fight flips completely once Tidehunter finds his initiation. A successful Blink Dagger into Ravage can easily lock Zeus down for a kill, as he's fragile and lacks any innate escape. Because of this, games often come down to positioning. Zeus will try to poke from the outside, whittling Tidehunter down before a fight can start. Tidehunter's team needs to provide vision and cover for him to find that one perfect opening that turns a fight around.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Tidehunter'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 | Tidehunter win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 45.73% | 960 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.45% | 2,765 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.55% | 2,330 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.75% | 796 |
Tidehunter'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 | Tidehunter win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.48% | ▲ +1.7pp | 17,677 |
| 7.41d | 47.80% | ▼ -0.3pp | 257,611 |
| 7.41c | 48.05% | ▼ -2.0pp | 122,594 |
| 7.41b | 50.05% | — | 132,427 |
Move this data into a draft
Tidehunter 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.