Mars Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Mars in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Mars beats and loses to, 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 Wraith King, Phantom Lancer and Lifestealer — Mars wins only 41.8%, 42.6% and 43.0% of ranked matches against them.
Mars is strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 56.85% | 11,231 |
 Drow Ranger | 54.58% | 6,475 |
 Nature's Prophet | 54.19% | 6,485 |
 Batrider | 52.81% | 979 |
 Tiny | 52.59% | 3,415 |
 Templar Assassin | 52.40% | 3,771 |
 Enchantress | 52.34% | 2,029 |
 Shadow Demon | 52.24% | 1,715 |
 Timbersaw | 52.23% | 3,360 |
 Largo | 52.11% | 1,520 |
 Gyrocopter | 51.68% | 2,535 |
 Treant Protector | 51.60% | 2,568 |
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Mars struggles against
 Wraith King | 41.84% | 8,084 |
 Phantom Lancer | 42.56% | 8,511 |
 Lifestealer | 42.98% | 11,654 |
 Lich | 43.27% | 7,031 |
 Riki | 43.63% | 3,919 |
 Nyx Assassin | 43.82% | 4,557 |
 Phoenix | 44.07% | 3,544 |
 Spectre | 44.14% | 7,082 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 44.18% | 6,317 |
 Bounty Hunter | 44.29% | 5,471 |
 Vengeful Spirit | 44.33% | 7,702 |
 Juggernaut | 44.48% | 12,839 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Mars in Dota 2?
- Wraith King, Phantom Lancer and Lifestealer are Mars's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Mars's win rate drops to 41.8% against Wraith King, 42.6% against Phantom Lancer and 43.0% against Lifestealer.
- How do you counter Mars?
- Pick or ban the heroes Mars struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Wraith King (Mars wins only 41.8% against them), Phantom Lancer (42.6%) or Lifestealer (43.0%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Mars strong against?
- Mars performs best against Shadow Fiend (56.9% win rate), Drow Ranger (54.6%) and Nature's Prophet (54.2%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Mars good in the current patch?
- Mars wins 47.8% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 4.7% pick rate — ranking #99 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.