Arc Warden Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Arc Warden in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Arc Warden beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Arc Warden is a split-push carry whose Tempest Double clones him for double the items, while Spark Wraith and Flux poke from safety. He out-farms and out-pokes immobile, low-pressure heroes: Tinker, Nature's Prophet and Timbersaw can't catch his clone. Arc is hard-countered by early summon-push and clone-swarm: Broodmother and Lycan end the game before he scales, while Meepo and Spectre out-tempo him. Draft tip: Arc Warden is a late-game split-push monster into slow drafts; he's run over by early-push (Brood, Lycan) and snowball line-ups.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Arc Warden hardest are Meepo, Broodmother and Visage — Arc Warden wins only 41.4%, 43.0% and 45.4% of ranked matches against them.
Why these counters work
- Meepo — Meepo out-rats the rat: poofs clear waves and jungle faster than Tempest Double sieges, and a netted Arc Warden dies before the Double can trade back.
- Broodmother — Webs give Broodmother permanent vision and speed in the lanes Arc Warden wants to pressure, and her spiderling flood walks straight through Flux and Spark Wraith poke.
- Legion Commander — Duel doesn't care which Arc Warden is real for long: blink onto the true body between clone rotations and the fight math collapses on the spot.
- Phantom Lancer — Flux only deals full damage to isolated targets — Phantom Lancer is never isolated. His illusion swarm turns Arc Warden's core damage tool off almost permanently.
Arc Warden is strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 58.66% | 14,462 |
 Chen | 57.19% | 612 |
 Nature's Prophet | 57.14% | 6,876 |
 Doom | 56.92% | 3,396 |
 Tinker | 56.53% | 4,870 |
 Gyrocopter | 56.34% | 2,002 |
 Templar Assassin | 56.10% | 4,526 |
 Huskar | 56.06% | 3,705 |
 Viper | 55.87% | 5,930 |
 Venomancer | 55.80% | 4,615 |
 Treant Protector | 55.52% | 2,817 |
 Shadow Demon | 55.45% | 1,816 |
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Arc Warden struggles against
 Meepo | 41.39% | 2,119 |
 Broodmother | 43.00% | 3,035 |
 Visage | 45.37% | 1,653 |
 Wraith King | 45.53% | 8,383 |
 Bloodseeker | 46.40% | 3,616 |
 Leshrac | 46.52% | 1,980 |
 Legion Commander | 46.61% | 9,881 |
 Riki | 46.92% | 3,894 |
 Phantom Lancer | 47.15% | 10,310 |
 Phantom Assassin | 47.45% | 10,435 |
 Lycan | 47.46% | 1,359 |
 Bounty Hunter | 47.88% | 6,015 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Arc Warden in Dota 2?
- Meepo, Broodmother and Visage are Arc Warden's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Arc Warden's win rate drops to 41.4% against Meepo, 43.0% against Broodmother and 45.4% against Visage.
- How do you counter Arc Warden?
- Pick or ban the heroes Arc Warden struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Meepo (Arc Warden wins only 41.4% against them), Broodmother (43.0%) or Visage (45.4%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Arc Warden strong against?
- Arc Warden performs best against Shadow Fiend (58.7% win rate), Chen (57.2%) and Nature's Prophet (57.1%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Arc Warden good in the current patch?
- Arc Warden wins 51.4% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 4.8% pick rate — ranking #29 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.