Medusa Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Medusa in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Medusa beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Medusa is a hyper-late-game carry whose Mana Shield makes her absurdly hard to kill and whose Stone Gaze turns a whole team to stone. She crushes immobile heroes once online: Timbersaw, Templar Assassin and Beastmaster all lose the scaling war. Medusa is countered by mana burn and break: Anti-Mage shreds her Mana Shield with Mana Break and Mana Void, while Nyx Assassin burns her mana and Tidehunter locks her down. Draft tip: Medusa is a game-ending late carry into low-mobility drafts; she's hard-countered by Anti-Mage, Nyx, and mana-burn line-ups that beat her shield.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Medusa hardest are Anti-Mage, Nyx Assassin and Lich — Medusa wins only 38.5%, 40.2% and 42.4% of ranked matches against them.
Why these counters work
- Anti-Mage — Mana Break drains the pool that IS Medusa's health bar — every hit removes both her resource and her survivability, and Mana Void detonates whatever's left.
- Nyx Assassin — Mana Burn scales off Medusa's enormous intelligence and hits her shield where it hurts, while Vendetta finds her before she's surrounded by her team.
- Sniper — Sniper chips the Mana Shield from beyond Split Shot's effective range — Medusa either burns mana tanking poke she can't answer or cedes the high ground siege.
- Centaur Warrunner — A blink Hoof Stomp starts the fight on top of Medusa before her damage comes online, and Retaliate punishes every Split Shot arrow she sends back.
Medusa is strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 57.65% | 7,282 |
 Beastmaster | 56.37% | 1,405 |
 Templar Assassin | 56.06% | 2,551 |
 Nature's Prophet | 55.78% | 4,308 |
 Timbersaw | 55.49% | 2,022 |
 Doom | 55.40% | 3,242 |
 Kez | 54.87% | 1,981 |
 Batrider | 54.66% | 761 |
 Puck | 54.54% | 1,476 |
 Tinker | 54.43% | 2,120 |
 Queen of Pain | 54.04% | 4,365 |
 Shadow Demon | 53.84% | 1,081 |
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Medusa struggles against
 Anti-Mage | 38.54% | 7,733 |
 Nyx Assassin | 40.23% | 2,983 |
 Lich | 42.45% | 4,405 |
 Slark | 42.75% | 4,943 |
 Wraith King | 43.09% | 5,669 |
 Sniper | 43.66% | 8,689 |
 Dark Seer | 43.97% | 2,106 |
 Dragon Knight | 44.68% | 3,411 |
 Juggernaut | 44.70% | 8,387 |
 Centaur Warrunner | 44.74% | 3,004 |
 Riki | 44.80% | 3,009 |
 Vengeful Spirit | 45.05% | 5,066 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Medusa in Dota 2?
- Anti-Mage, Nyx Assassin and Lich are Medusa's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Medusa's win rate drops to 38.5% against Anti-Mage, 40.2% against Nyx Assassin and 42.4% against Lich.
- How do you counter Medusa?
- Pick or ban the heroes Medusa struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Anti-Mage (Medusa wins only 38.5% against them), Nyx Assassin (40.2%) or Lich (42.4%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Medusa strong against?
- Medusa performs best against Shadow Fiend (57.6% win rate), Beastmaster (56.4%) and Templar Assassin (56.1%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Medusa good in the current patch?
- Medusa wins 48.5% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 3.1% pick rate — ranking #89 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.