Mars Counter Picks — 7.41f
Who counters Mars in Dota 2 7.41f? Counter picks and matchups for Mars, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Mars is an arena-control initiator whose Spear of Mars pins heroes to terrain and Arena of Blood walls off a fight to isolate the enemy carry. He's strong into immobile heroes the Spear can pin: Timbersaw, Gyrocopter and Nature's Prophet get speared and bursted. Mars is hard-countered by carries who out-damage him inside his own Arena: Spectre — one of his worst matchups in the game — Haunts and Dispersions him to death, while Lifestealer, Wraith King and Riki shrug off his control and crush him. Draft tip: Mars walls off squishy back lines, but never pick him into Spectre or a hard-carry that wins the 1v1 inside Arena.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Mars hardest are Phantom Lancer, Wraith King and Riki — Mars wins only 42.2%, 42.2% and 43.5% of ranked matches against them.
Mars is strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 55.75% | 56,175 |
 Drow Ranger | 54.38% | 65,239 |
 Nature's Prophet | 54.14% | 48,955 |
 Shadow Demon | 53.26% | 12,293 |
 Tiny | 53.09% | 29,401 |
 Templar Assassin | 52.53% | 26,558 |
 Timbersaw | 52.29% | 28,772 |
 Monkey King | 52.16% | 28,902 |
 Treant Protector | 51.92% | 14,699 |
 Batrider | 51.91% | 7,263 |
 Hoodwink | 51.56% | 58,316 |
 Beastmaster | 51.32% | 13,263 |
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Best counter picks against Mars
 Phantom Lancer | 42.18% | 62,359 |
 Wraith King | 42.22% | 62,658 |
 Riki | 43.48% | 31,083 |
 Dragon Knight | 43.53% | 63,259 |
 Lifestealer | 43.64% | 77,513 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 43.77% | 56,224 |
 Spectre | 43.82% | 47,552 |
 Lich | 43.88% | 53,205 |
 Nyx Assassin | 44.47% | 46,279 |
 Meepo | 44.54% | 10,311 |
 Bloodseeker | 44.55% | 21,982 |
 Juggernaut | 44.61% | 97,498 |
Frequently asked questions
4 Q&A- Who counters Mars in Dota 2?
- Phantom Lancer, Wraith King and Riki are Mars's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Mars's win rate drops to 42.2% against Phantom Lancer, 42.2% against Wraith King and 43.5% against Riki.
- How to counter Mars?
- Pick or ban the heroes Mars struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Phantom Lancer (Mars wins only 42.2% against them), Wraith King (42.2%) or Riki (43.5%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Mars strong against?
- Mars performs best against Shadow Fiend (55.8% win rate), Drow Ranger (54.4%) and Nature's Prophet (54.1%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Mars good in the current patch?
- Mars wins 47.6% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 4.1% pick rate — ranking #101 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Nov 7, 2026.