Windranger Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Windranger in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Windranger beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Windranger is a versatile pickoff core whose Shackleshot roots a hero against a target, Powershot nukes from range, and Focus Fire unloads massive attack speed on a single hero or tower. She's strong into immobile heroes her Shackle pins: Timbersaw, Gyrocopter and Chen get locked and bursted. Windranger is countered by tanks and scalers a single Shackle can't finish: Spectre, Wraith King and Axe out-tank or out-scale, while Tidehunter out-fights. Draft tip: Windranger is a strong pickoff and tower-melt core/support into squishy drafts; she's weaker into tanky hard-carries and AoE-teamfight line-ups.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Windranger hardest are Wraith King, Phantom Lancer and Outworld Destroyer — Windranger wins only 43.0%, 44.5% and 45.0% of ranked matches against them.
Why these counters work
- Wraith King — Focus Fire is single-target execution — and Wraith King must be executed twice. Reincarnation devalues her one big damage button more than any armor item could.
- Phantom Lancer — Her kit is built to kill one target: Shackleshot needs the real Lancer and Focus Fire burns on a single body while twenty more keep swinging.
- Spectre — Haunt appears on top of the perch Windranger shoots from, and Dispersion reflects a slice of every Focus Fire arrow straight back at her.
- Riki — Smoke Screen both silences (no Windrun, no Shackleshot) and makes her attacks miss — the two halves of her kit switched off by one cloud she can't see coming.
Windranger is strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 57.04% | 42,912 |
 Batrider | 56.62% | 3,257 |
 Kez | 55.53% | 11,107 |
 Monkey King | 55.51% | 13,041 |
 Huskar | 55.29% | 11,615 |
 Nature's Prophet | 54.66% | 24,924 |
 Beastmaster | 54.53% | 5,965 |
 Tiny | 54.36% | 11,859 |
 Treant Protector | 54.21% | 8,807 |
 Chen | 54.05% | 1,445 |
 Timbersaw | 53.31% | 11,258 |
 Hoodwink | 53.05% | 29,686 |
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Windranger struggles against
 Wraith King | 43.00% | 31,425 |
 Phantom Lancer | 44.45% | 30,381 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 45.02% | 25,176 |
 Vengeful Spirit | 45.33% | 28,395 |
 Spectre | 45.53% | 27,935 |
 Riki | 45.62% | 15,458 |
 Legion Commander | 45.63% | 35,429 |
 Lich | 45.81% | 26,206 |
 Nyx Assassin | 45.87% | 16,326 |
 Spirit Breaker | 45.90% | 42,648 |
 Shadow Shaman | 46.04% | 37,266 |
 Axe | 46.17% | 44,474 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Windranger in Dota 2?
- Wraith King, Phantom Lancer and Outworld Destroyer are Windranger's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Windranger's win rate drops to 43.0% against Wraith King, 44.5% against Phantom Lancer and 45.0% against Outworld Destroyer.
- How do you counter Windranger?
- Pick or ban the heroes Windranger struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Wraith King (Windranger wins only 43.0% against them), Phantom Lancer (44.5%) or Outworld Destroyer (45.0%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Windranger strong against?
- Windranger performs best against Shadow Fiend (57.0% win rate), Batrider (56.6%) and Kez (55.5%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Windranger good in the current patch?
- Windranger wins 49.1% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 16.8% pick rate — ranking #76 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.