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Contest rate is the share of drafted games where a hero was picked or banned. Curves run over the trailing 50 professional games, newest at the right; move across the chart to read the exact rate at any game.

Contest rate

288 drafted games · Mar 24 – Aug 5, 2026 · patch 7.41

Newest gameAug 5 · 1win Essence II

Drow Ranger6/5012.0%

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Drow Ranger✕

1 of 6 charted

Biggest movers

Lina0.0% → 86.0%▲ 86.0Earth Spirit4.0% → 82.0%▲ 78.0Bane10.0% → 88.0%▲ 78.0

Batrider92.0% → 6.0%▼ 86.0Shadow Demon88.0% → 6.0%▼ 82.0Jakiro76.0% → 0.0%▼ 76.0

Contest rate over the trailing 50 professional games, at the last game vs the first full window. Heroes contested in at least 20 of the 288 games. Click a hero to chart it.

Most contested heroes

curves over the trailing 50 professional games on a 0-100% scale · delta vs the first full window

Treant Protector100.0%▲ 24.0window 87.2% contested · pick WR 73.7%Shadow Fiend70.0%▲ 18.0window 70.1% contested · pick WR 51.8%Puck58.0%▼ 18.0window 67.7% contested · pick WR 37.5%Lone Druid64.0%▲ 60.0window 66.0% contested · pick WR 51.7%Largo66.0%▼ 14.0window 63.5% contested · pick WR 59.3%Keeper of the Light98.0%▲ 76.0window 63.2% contested · pick WR 56.1%Ember Spirit66.0%▲ 24.0window 60.1% contested · pick WR 59.0%Hoodwink66.0%▲ 40.0window 56.6% contested · pick WR 50.5%Beastmaster32.0%▼ 52.0window 55.2% contested · pick WR 45.2%Doom32.0%▼ 14.0window 54.2% contested · pick WR 42.4%Bane88.0%▲ 78.0window 54.2% contested · pick WR 50.0%Earth Spirit82.0%▲ 78.0window 53.1% contested · pick WR 52.4%