Patch 7.31 meta

Patch 7.32 was released in the Dota 2 client just 2 days ago and brought many changes. But in this article, we want to talk not about it but the meta of the professional scene in the previous patch 7.31.

Most Picked Heroes

• Tiny – 1,800 games
• Mars – 1,312 games
• Bane – 1,027 games
• Death Prophet – 1,026 games
• Ember Spirit – 995 games
• Puck – 974 games
• Snapfire – 896 games
• Grimstroke – 889 games
• Pangolier – 870 games
• Dragon Knight – 861 games
• Sand King – 789 games

The leader of the category, Tiny, has increased a lot since Patch 7.30. He was picked 386 times back then and was at the bottom of the Top-50 of the meta. In patch 7.31, he became 6 times more popular, and his win rate was 50.94%.

Another hero that made a big jump was Death Prophet. He was taken 425 times in patch 7.30 and wasn't at the Top-30. Unlike Tiny, Death Prophet has a higher win rate of 54.00%.

Most Banned Heroes

• Puck – 1,937 games
• Medusa – 1,916 games
• Death Prophet – 1,719 games
• Beastmaster – 1,583 games
• Templar Assassin – 1,560 games
• Viper – 1,547 games
• IO – 1,544 games
• Batrider – 1,542 games
• Timbersaw – 1,505 games
• Mars – 1,478 games

If you compare the meta of patches 7.31 and 7.30 meta, there are 6 matches at the Top-10 on the list of most banned characters: Puck, Mars, Medusa, Batrider, Beastmaster, and IO. All other characters ranked lower in patch 7.30.

Death Prophet had the biggest jump. In the patch before last, the hero only 474 times hit team bans. There's more than a 3 times increase.

Highest Win Rate (over 100 games)

• Chen – 220 games and 60.00% WR
• Lycan – 221 games and 59.73% WR
• Enigma – 351 games and 59.54% WR
• Visage – 305 games and 58.36% WR
• Bane – 1,027 games and 57.55% WR
• Mirana – 657 games and 56.47% WR
• Lone Druid – 112 games and 56.25% WR
• Templar Assassin – 779 games and 55.71% WR
• Beastmaster – 596 games and 55.54% WR
• Medusa – 634 games and 55.36% WR

The hero with the highest win rate in patch 7.31 was Chen. However, Bane, ranked 5th, has 5 times as many matches played, and his win rate is only 2.45%. Because of his greater matches, you can call him the Win Rate King of the last patch.

Patch 7.31 was released on February 24, 2022, and was in play for 6 months until August 24. During that time, teams played 4,502 maps on the professional Dota 2 stage, and the average duration of each was 36:30 minutes. More stats regarding its meta can be found on the Heroes page.