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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 26 Sept 2026

Dota 2 esports — the pro meta on patch 7.41f: hero priority, drafts and results

LATEST MATCHPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9 · 26 Sept
SIDE A5Radiant
Kills · finalLENGTH24:14Source: OpenDota · Valve
SIDE B30Dire · won
Kills5 : 30A : BGold lead+21.8kSide B at the endTowers0 : 6destroyedRoshan0 : 1killsFirst blood0:12Aegis · Side B
EvidenceGold and XP graphsPurchasesVisionFights

Draft timeline · Captains Mode · PGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9

StepSide A#Side B
Ban (crossed out)Pick24 stepsSide B banned Doom at step 1. Across all events on 7.41, Doom is contested in 54% of drafts.

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Latest results

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  • vsPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9Side B won · 11–21 kills26 Sept41:53
  • vsPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9Side B won · 29–48 kills26 Sept52:40
  • vsPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9Side B won · 14–36 kills26 Sept43:56
  • vsPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9Side B won · 21–32 kills26 Sept43:39
  • vsPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9Side B won · 19–43 kills26 Sept45:27
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  • 1Jakiro · share of drafts↓ 77 pts
  • 2Lone Druid · share of drafts↑ 66 pts
  • 3Shadow Demon · share of drafts↓ 54 pts
  • 4Pangolier · share of drafts↑ 51 pts
  • 5Hoodwink · share of drafts↑ 47 pts
What the patch changed →

Hero priority (Patch 7.41)

Date: 2026-03-26 → 2026-09-26Drafts: 2,836Source: OpenDota · Valve
#Hero · rolePick %Win %Δ pickΔ winContestPattern · meaning
PuckPicked or banned in 71% of 2,836 drafts; 41% of that in the opening eight steps.Sources· 2,836 league drafts · all events· Patch 7.41 · 2026-03-26 → 2026-09-26· Valve league matches via OpenDota

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Glossary

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Reason trail · Puck

  1. Puck pick rate is 17.9% (professional).What happened
  2. Contested in 71% of drafts.What happened
  3. Pick rate up 1.2 points since 7.40.What happened
  4. Teams remove it far more often than they play it — feared more than wanted.Our reading of the numbers
  5. Whether this holds after the next patch is unknown.Unknown
What happened → our reading of the numbers → what is unknown. No prediction.

No player names, team names or logos are shown — sides are A (Radiant) and B (Dire). Every figure is counted from Valve's league matches through OpenDota, read 2026-09-26.

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Sources

  • Roster · 127 heroesread 15 Sept 2026

    Name, primary attribute, attack type and role list, read from Valve’s published hero data.

  • Win rate, pick rate and sampleread 15 Sept 2026

    Counted over 4,610,063 public matches, per hero, with the same figures again above Ancient. The tier letter is derived from the win rate and is labelled so wherever it appears.

  • Portraitsread 15 Sept 2026

    Served from Valve’s own CDN and never copied into this site. Steam’s API terms permit commercial use; GamGem is not endorsed by Valve.

  • What players buildread 15 Sept 2026

    The five most common items on each hero in each of Valve’s four game stages, counted over public matches. Each row carries its own pick count.

  • Matchups and game lengthread 16 Sept 2026

    Who each hero loses to and beats, counted over public matches with a floor of 30 games per pair, plus the same hero's win rate in each of five game-length bands. ⚠️ Observational: a matchup win rate is not a claim that one hero counters another by design. Synergy — how a hero does WITH another — is not published by this channel and is not shown.

  • Patch movementread 16 Sept 2026

    Which heroes the live patch names, and which way each line moved, counted off Valve’s own structured notes. A line the rule cannot read leaves the hero unmarked rather than guessed.

The roster is the one Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. Draft picks are kept in this browser and never sent anywhere.

Dota 2 esports — common questions

How many Dota 2 pro matches are counted?

2,836 league matches on patch 7.41 — 147 premium-tier and 2,689 professional-tier — played 2026-03-26 to 2026-09-26; 2,588 professional-tier on 7.40 and 985 professional-tier on 7.39 before. Read 2026-09-26.

OpenDota explorer (third party) ↗· checked 26 September 2026

Which heroes does Dota 2 pro play contest most?

By picks plus bans in professional-tier matches on patch 7.41: Puck (489 picks, 52% won, 1,447 bans), Hoodwink (1,099 picks, 51% won, 690 bans) and Lone Druid (231 picks, 65% won, 1,550 bans).

OpenDota explorer (third party) ↗· checked 26 September 2026

Which tournaments does GamGem count?

12 leagues in the window (professional and premium tier), from 2026-05-30 to 2026-09-26; the match list shows the 8 latest results with the draft, never a player or team ranking.

OpenDota explorer (third party) ↗· checked 26 September 2026

Most contested heroes in pro play

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