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Every week I pull data from STRATZ (4,651,282 matches this week, patch 7.40c) and break down which heroes are actually winning at each bracket. The meta looks pretty different depending on where you're playing — a hero dominating Herald might be throwing games in Immortal.

Last week's post was downvoted to oblivion, so it returns to the old table format now. Hope you enjoy it!

Find your bracket below. Heroes need 1000+ picks to qualify so we're not looking at noise.

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Best heroes by bracket

The highest win rate heroes at your rank right now.

Herald-Guardian:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Spectre	56.5%	10.1%	15,454
Bristleback	55.6%	14.5%	22,237
Wraith King	55.1%	11.9%	18,245
Phantom Lancer	53.9%	11.9%	18,130
Necrophos	53.6%	14.8%	22,644

Crusader-Archon:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Spectre	55.4%	9.5%	17,133
Wraith King	54.5%	11.6%	21,095
Vengeful Spirit	53.9%	7.9%	14,260
Phantom Lancer	53.6%	9.3%	16,788
Dawnbreaker	53.0%	8.2%	14,806

Legend-Ancient:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Spectre	54.0%	8.3%	8,070
Vengeful Spirit	53.8%	7.8%	7,537
Wraith King	53.4%	10.0%	9,720
Dawnbreaker	53.0%	10.9%	10,633
Phantom Lancer	53.0%	8.1%	7,886

Divine:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Visage	53.4%	1.9%	427
Bounty Hunter	53.2%	4.4%	992
Lone Druid	53.1%	10.1%	2,272
Faceless Void	53.1%	15.3%	3,459
Dawnbreaker	53.0%	13.7%	3,100

Immortal:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Elder Titan	57.2%	1.4%	161
Lycan	57.0%	2.2%	250
Treant Protector	55.4%	3.7%	419
Chaos Knight	54.8%	2.8%	316
Riki	54.5%	3.6%	411

Sleeper picks

These heroes are quietly winning but almost nobody is picking them. Free MMR if they fit your playstyle.

Herald-Guardian: Troll Warlord (52.8% WR, only 4.9% pick rate), Naga Siren (52.2% WR, only 4.0% pick rate), Underlord (52.1% WR, only 4.5% pick rate), Medusa (51.7% WR, only 4.4% pick rate), Chaos Knight (51.3% WR, only 5.4% pick rate)

Crusader-Archon: Grimstroke (52.1% WR, only 5.0% pick rate), Medusa (52.0% WR, only 4.6% pick rate), Underlord (51.8% WR, only 6.2% pick rate), Primal Beast (51.6% WR, only 4.0% pick rate), Bloodseeker (51.3% WR, only 4.0% pick rate)

Legend-Ancient: Elder Titan (52.3% WR, only 1.1% pick rate), Grimstroke (52.2% WR, only 5.9% pick rate), Primal Beast (52.1% WR, only 4.7% pick rate), Riki (52.0% WR, only 5.0% pick rate), Keeper of the Light (51.9% WR, only 4.4% pick rate)

Divine: Visage (53.4% WR, only 1.9% pick rate), Bounty Hunter (53.2% WR, only 4.4% pick rate), Enigma (52.9% WR, only 2.9% pick rate), Keeper of the Light (52.9% WR, only 5.3% pick rate), Io (52.5% WR, only 4.2% pick rate)

Immortal: Elder Titan (57.2% WR, only 1.4% pick rate), Lycan (57.0% WR, only 2.2% pick rate), Treant Protector (55.4% WR, only 3.7% pick rate), Chaos Knight (54.8% WR, only 2.8% pick rate), Riki (54.5% WR, only 3.6% pick rate)

Best support heroes

Top supports by win rate per bracket. Role tags come from STRATZ hero metadata, not actual in-game position — flex picks (Visage, Underlord, etc.) can land here since they're played pos 4/5 in some metas.

Herald-Guardian:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Vengeful Spirit	53.5%	7.4%	11,256
Ogre Magi	53.4%	21.1%	32,208
Crystal Maiden	53.2%	13.6%	20,758
Underlord	52.1%	4.5%	6,906
Witch Doctor	51.9%	16.6%	25,343

Crusader-Archon:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Vengeful Spirit	53.9%	7.9%	14,260
Ogre Magi	52.5%	22.1%	40,055
Phoenix	52.3%	7.4%	13,463
Grimstroke	52.1%	5.0%	9,123
Shadow Shaman	51.9%	14.6%	26,452

Legend-Ancient:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Vengeful Spirit	53.8%	7.8%	7,537
Phoenix	52.5%	9.6%	9,311
Grimstroke	52.2%	5.9%	5,715
Shadow Shaman	52.1%	13.6%	13,256
Ogre Magi	52.0%	17.8%	17,305

Divine:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Visage	53.4%	1.9%	427
Phoenix	52.9%	12.5%	2,817
Keeper of the Light	52.9%	5.3%	1,188
Io	52.5%	4.2%	954
Grimstroke	52.0%	6.6%	1,485

Immortal:

Hero	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Games
Treant Protector	55.4%	3.7%	419
Omniknight	54.3%	2.7%	305
Visage	54.3%	2.4%	268
Largo	54.1%	2.6%	290
Phoenix	53.3%	14.3%	1,623

Trap picks

Popular heroes that are actually losing more than they win. You're seeing these every game but they're not pulling their weight.

Herald-Guardian: Shadow Fiend (15.2% pick rate, 46.7% WR), Earthshaker (13.8% pick rate, 48.8% WR), Lina (13.7% pick rate, 46.8% WR), Viper (13.4% pick rate, 48.5% WR), Windranger (13.4% pick rate, 47.7% WR)

Crusader-Archon: Lion (28.6% pick rate, 48.9% WR), Queen of Pain (16.4% pick rate, 48.5% WR), Earthshaker (13.1% pick rate, 49.0% WR), Windranger (12.9% pick rate, 47.4% WR), Venomancer (12.2% pick rate, 47.2% WR)

Legend-Ancient: Lion (28.4% pick rate, 49.1% WR), Queen of Pain (20.2% pick rate, 49.3% WR), Spirit Breaker (16.4% pick rate, 49.5% WR), Magnus (13.0% pick rate, 48.4% WR), Earthshaker (13.0% pick rate, 49.8% WR)

Divine: Pudge (27.9% pick rate, 49.6% WR), Lion (26.8% pick rate, 49.3% WR), Necrophos (13.1% pick rate, 49.6% WR), Tiny (13.0% pick rate, 47.0% WR), Magnus (12.6% pick rate, 48.7% WR)

Immortal: Lion (23.6% pick rate, 49.4% WR), Tiny (15.7% pick rate, 47.5% WR), Monkey King (13.0% pick rate, 46.9% WR), Windranger (11.9% pick rate, 49.3% WR), Necrophos (11.9% pick rate, 48.6% WR)

Bracket delta

Same hero, completely different results depending on rank.

Low bracket stompers — these heroes feast in Herald-Guardian but fall off hard at Divine:

Hero	Herald-Guardian WR	Divine WR	Gap
Bristleback	55.6%	47.7%	+7.8%
Centaur Warrunner	50.3%	45.5%	+4.8%
Sand King	51.6%	47.0%	+4.6%
Spectre	56.5%	52.4%	+4.1%
Wraith King	55.1%	51.0%	+4.0%

High skill ceiling — these heroes look bad in low ranks but become monsters at Divine:

Hero	Herald-Guardian WR	Divine WR	Gap
Earth Spirit	45.5%	52.3%	+6.8%
Oracle	46.1%	52.0%	+5.9%
Batrider	46.7%	52.4%	+5.7%
Visage	48.2%	53.4%	+5.1%
Enigma	48.0%	52.9%	+5.0%

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I also put together an interactive site where you can filter by bracket and sort all heroes: dota.narrowcast.dev

See you next week. Let me know if this is useful — and if there's anything you'd want added like item builds, matchup data, or hero trends over time.

Data from STRATZ. Tool is open source: github.com/narrowcastdev/dota-meta