Bristleback wins 48.2% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 92nd highest win rate of 127 heroes: 46.8% in Very High, 47.6% in High and 50.2% in Normal skill games. It is picked in 6.5% of matches, and over the last 8 days its win rate has stayed about the same.
Bristleback does best in long games (over 50 minutes), winning 48.8% of them, against 44.2% in short games (under 25 minutes). Bristleback is strongest against Elder Titan, Medusa and Enigma, and struggles against Slark, Hoodwink and Io. The best teammates for Bristleback are Beastmaster, Omniknight and Broodmother.
From public ranked All Pick matches of the current patch. Updated 4 October 2026. Compare with every other hero in the Dota 2 meta table, or pick against a full enemy draft in the Counter & Synergy Picker.
Advantage (Adv) - The difference between the actual winrate of the heroes and the expected winrate from their base winrates.
Example: Let's take two heroes, Superman, with a general winrate of 53%, and Lex Luthor, with a general winrate of 47%. When they meet on the battlefield they each have a statistical winrate of 50%.
In this case it's obvious that, even if they have the same winrate when they battle, there is some sort of innate statistical advantage that Lex Luthor (average winrate 47% but 50% against Superman) has over Superman (average winrate 53% but 50% against Lex Luthor). There are many theories about why this happens, but the most common one is related to Kryptonite.
Winrate (WR) - The winrate between the two heroes.
Skill level:
Each line in the graph represents the probability that Bristleback brings an advantage to the total XP of a team
at a certain point in time (the probability to change the inclination of the xp graph).
Bristleback has no clear experience spike: from minute 5 to minute 45 its team gains the experience lead in 46.5% to 49.8% of games, close to an even 50% all game.
The chart shows, every 5 minutes and for each skill bracket, the share of games in which Bristleback's team gains more experience than the enemy team (50% is neutral). All heroes compared: Hero XP Advantage by Minute.
Daily win rate and pick rate of Bristleback for each skill bracket, overall and in short, medium and long games. All heroes side by side: Hero Win Rate and Pick Rate Trends.
