Dota 2 Ranked Meta Report: Wraith King wins most games in 3 of 4 rank groups

This is our weekly look at the hero meta in normal ranked games. The data comes from OpenDota and covers about 3,845,779 public ranked games of the last 7 days. The patch is 7.41f, which started on 2026-09-15. The ranks go from Herald to Divine. OpenDota has no Immortal numbers.

Which hero has the best win rate in ranked?

Wraith King has the best win rate in ranked games: 55.2% on patch 7.41f. He is first in three of the four rank groups we checked.

Only heroes with at least 0.4% of picks count here. Behind Wraith King are Outworld Destroyer with 53.1%, Phantom Lancer with 53.1%, Riki with 53.0% and Spectre with 53.0%.

The worst numbers belong to Shadow Fiend with 43.5%, Nature's Prophet with 43.8% and Tiny with 45.1%. These three lose more than half of their games.

55.2%

Wraith King, best win rate

43.5%

Shadow Fiend, worst win rate

2.7%

Pudge, share of all picks

0.05%

Chen, share of all picks

What are the most and least played heroes?

Pudge is the most played hero with 2.7% of all picks and a 51.4% win rate. Lion is second with 2.5% and 48.9% wins.

Then come Sniper with 2.0% and 50.0%, Rubick with 1.9% and 49.3%, and Juggernaut with 1.8% and 52.6%.

Almost nobody plays Chen. He has only 0.05% of picks and wins 45.5% of games. Elder Titan has 0.1% of picks and 49.4% wins. Batrider also has 0.1% of picks, with 44.9% wins.

Who are the winners and losers of the week?

We compared the win rate of the first three days with the last three full days. Lich went from 52.2% to 52.7%. Centaur Warrunner went from 49.5% to 49.8%. Ring Master went from 48.3% to 48.6%.

Three heroes went down. Bounty Hunter fell from 52.1% to 51.5%. Dark Seer fell from 49.4% to 48.9%. Terrorblade fell from 45.7% to 45.3%. The changes are small, but they all point the same way.

How does the meta change from rank to rank?

In Herald and Guardian (about 335,998 games), Wraith King wins 56.3%, Spectre 54.3% and Crystal Maiden 53.6%. In Crusader and Archon (about 1,295,481 games), Wraith King wins 55.9%, Dragon Knight 53.2% and Riki 53.1%.

In Legend and Ancient (about 1,478,167 games), Wraith King wins 54.7%, Outworld Destroyer 54.1% and Riki 53.6%.

Divine is different (about 374,700 games). Here Enigma is first with 56.0%, Bounty Hunter second with 55.2% and Outworld Destroyer third with 54.4%. Pudge is the most played hero in every rank group.

Some heroes win very differently by rank. Bristleback wins 52.1% in Herald and Guardian but only 44.4% in Divine. Enigma goes the other way: 47.2% in Herald and Guardian, 56.0% in Divine.

3 tips to climb from the numbers

Tip 1: Below Divine, try Wraith King. He is first in Herald to Ancient, with 54.7% to 56.3%. Tip 2: In Divine, look at Enigma (56.0%) and Bounty Hunter (55.2%). In Herald and Guardian they win only 47.2% and 49.1%.

Tip 3: Avoid Shadow Fiend (43.5%) and Nature's Prophet (43.8%). Shadow Demon is also weak in low ranks, with 38.5% in Herald and Guardian. For the pro side of the meta, read our Pro Meta Report. Last week's numbers are in the previous Ranked Meta Report. We will check the numbers again next week.