Brewmaster Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Brewmaster in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Brewmaster beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Brewmaster is a teamfight offlaner whose Primal Split unleashes three spell-immune elementals — a disable, a tank, and a damage dealer — making him nearly unkillable mid-fight. He's strong into immobile casters who can't deal with the Split: Tinker, Timbersaw and Mars fold to his elementals. Brewmaster is countered by early aggression and disable that beat him before Split: Chen out-pushes early, while Naga Siren, Oracle and Dark Seer neutralize his fight. Draft tip: Brewmaster is a top-tier teamfight pick into low-mobility drafts; he's weaker into early-push (Chen) and his Split is undercut by clever saves/control.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Brewmaster hardest are Legion Commander, Phantom Lancer and Chaos Knight — Brewmaster wins only 45.7%, 46.4% and 47.1% of ranked matches against them.
Why these counters work
- Legion Commander — Duel disables abilities — a Brewmaster caught before pressing Primal Split simply never splits, and without the ultimate he is a midgame stat-stick.
- Anti-Mage — Mana Break drains a notoriously small mana pool: a Brewmaster tapped below his ultimate's cost before the fight starts is exactly the target Anti-Mage exists for.
- Lifestealer — Rage shrugs off Thunder Clap and the storm panda's Cyclone — the split's main control — while Feast melts the real Brewmaster's big strength pool.
- Riki — Smoke Screen's silence is the same death sentence from a different angle: no Primal Split inside the cloud, and Drunken Brawler's dodges don't help a silenced panda.
Brewmaster is strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 58.71% | 4,246 |
 Terrorblade | 58.06% | 1,569 |
 Monkey King | 57.83% | 1,373 |
 Doom | 57.59% | 1,587 |
 Shadow Demon | 57.01% | 670 |
 Alchemist | 56.51% | 945 |
 Elder Titan | 55.98% | 468 |
 Drow Ranger | 55.83% | 2,479 |
 Tiny | 55.82% | 1,263 |
 Nature's Prophet | 55.47% | 2,412 |
 Tinker | 55.35% | 1,505 |
 Clockwerk | 55.25% | 1,077 |
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Brewmaster struggles against
 Legion Commander | 45.68% | 3,689 |
 Phantom Lancer | 46.39% | 3,531 |
 Chaos Knight | 47.12% | 1,320 |
 Sven | 47.15% | 2,600 |
 Nyx Assassin | 47.38% | 1,659 |
 Omniknight | 47.58% | 765 |
 Wraith King | 47.70% | 3,002 |
 Slark | 47.92% | 2,594 |
 Meepo | 47.98% | 569 |
 Anti-Mage | 48.00% | 3,369 |
 Spirit Breaker | 48.10% | 4,046 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 48.18% | 2,395 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Brewmaster in Dota 2?
- Legion Commander, Phantom Lancer and Chaos Knight are Brewmaster's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Brewmaster's win rate drops to 45.7% against Legion Commander, 46.4% against Phantom Lancer and 47.1% against Chaos Knight.
- How do you counter Brewmaster?
- Pick or ban the heroes Brewmaster struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Legion Commander (Brewmaster wins only 45.7% against them), Phantom Lancer (46.4%) or Chaos Knight (47.1%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Brewmaster strong against?
- Brewmaster performs best against Shadow Fiend (58.7% win rate), Terrorblade (58.1%) and Monkey King (57.8%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Brewmaster good in the current patch?
- Brewmaster wins 51.2% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 1.8% pick rate — ranking #34 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.