Melee hero. Roles: Core, Carry, Disabler. Lanes: Safelane Farmer, Safelane Support.
Dawnbreaker wins 52.2% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 17th highest win rate of 127 heroes: 52.5% in Very High, 52.4% in High and 51.8% in Normal skill games. It is picked in 7.8% of matches, and over the last 10 days its win rate has stayed about the same.
Dawnbreaker does best in short games (under 25 minutes), winning 57.0% of them, against 49.9% in long games (over 50 minutes). Dawnbreaker is strongest against Legion Commander, Beastmaster and Night Stalker, and struggles against Silencer, Winter Wyvern and Morphling. The best teammates for Dawnbreaker are Primal Beast, Largo and Slardar.
From public ranked All Pick matches of the current patch. Updated 11 November 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.
Weighted over the skill brackets (Very High 35%, High 45%, Normal 20%). Advantage: how much better the matchup goes than the two heroes' own win rates predict, doubled (+6 is about 3 win rate points). Win rate: Dawnbreaker's win rate against or together with the hero.
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Legion Commander | +6.26 | 51.5% |
| Beastmaster | +6.09 | 55.0% |
| Night Stalker | +5.33 | 51.3% |
| Natures Prophet | +4.93 | 55.8% |
| Naga Siren | +4.72 | 52.7% |
| Shadow Shaman | +4.71 | 51.6% |
| Spectre | +4.22 | 50.8% |
| Earth Spirit | +4.21 | 52.4% |
| Chen | +4.01 | 54.1% |
| Pudge | +3.71 | 51.6% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Silencer | -8.23 | 49.2% |
| Winter Wyvern | -7.29 | 49.4% |
| Morphling | -6.43 | 50.6% |
| Bristleback | -5.78 | 51.3% |
| Omniknight | -5.56 | 49.0% |
| Kez | -5.40 | 52.3% |
| Nyx Assassin | -5.20 | 48.5% |
| Dark Willow | -4.94 | 50.2% |
| Clockwerk | -4.80 | 51.0% |
| Visage | -4.28 | 48.1% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Primal Beast | +6.48 | 52.6% |
| Largo | +6.03 | 52.0% |
| Slardar | +5.52 | 52.0% |
| Lycan | +4.85 | 52.2% |
| Visage | +4.52 | 54.3% |
| Earthshaker | +4.19 | 52.6% |
| Tusk | +3.59 | 51.2% |
| Tiny | +3.41 | 49.2% |
| Crystal Maiden | +3.32 | 52.5% |
| Dragon Knight | +2.96 | 53.2% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Night Stalker | -7.21 | 50.5% |
| Dark Seer | -6.35 | 49.5% |
| Clinkz | -6.14 | 49.8% |
| Centaur Warrunner | -5.77 | 49.3% |
| Tidehunter | -5.43 | 49.1% |
| Death Prophet | -4.45 | 49.5% |
| Legion Commander | -4.41 | 51.2% |
| Chen | -4.39 | 48.1% |
| Terrorblade | -4.30 | 47.5% |
| Mars | -4.29 | 48.9% |
Skill level:
Each line in the graph represents the probability that Dawnbreaker 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).
Dawnbreaker is strongest in the midgame: around minute 20 its team gains the experience lead in 57.0% of games, against 52.4% at minute 5 and 49.1% at minute 45.
The chart shows, every 5 minutes and for each skill bracket, the share of games in which Dawnbreaker'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 Dawnbreaker for each skill bracket, overall and in short, medium and long games. All heroes side by side: Hero Win Rate and Pick Rate Trends.
| Day | Win rate | Pick rate | Win rate by game length | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All skills | Very High | High | Normal | Short | Medium | Long | ||
| 2026-11-02 | 52.6% | 52.8% | 52.6% | 52.4% | 8.2% | 62.0% | 52.7% | 51.0% |
| 2026-11-03 | 52.8% | 54.1% | 51.5% | 52.6% | 8.2% | 57.9% | 53.3% | 49.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 52.1% | 52.1% | 53.0% | 51.1% | 8.4% | 58.0% | 52.1% | 50.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 52.5% | 53.1% | 52.7% | 51.7% | 8.2% | 57.2% | 52.6% | 51.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 52.2% | 52.0% | 53.7% | 51.2% | 8.1% | 54.9% | 52.8% | 49.1% |
| 2026-11-07 | 52.2% | 52.8% | 52.3% | 51.6% | 7.9% | 55.6% | 52.8% | 49.1% |
| 2026-11-08 | 52.1% | 52.2% | 52.1% | 51.9% | 8.0% | 51.8% | 52.6% | 49.4% |
| 2026-11-09 | 52.1% | 51.7% | 52.3% | 52.2% | 8.1% | 58.7% | 52.2% | 50.3% |
| 2026-11-10 | 50.7% | 49.0% | 52.6% | 51.1% | 8.2% | 53.6% | 50.7% | 50.4% |
| 2026-11-11 | 52.3% | 52.3% | 52.1% | 52.4% | 7.8% | 57.2% | 52.4% | 50.8% |
Pick rate and game length columns are for all skill brackets; the charts show each bracket.
The hardest counters to Dawnbreaker in patch 7.41 are Silencer, Winter Wyvern and Morphling. Against them Dawnbreaker wins 4.1, 3.6 and 3.2 percentage points less often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
Dawnbreaker is strongest against Legion Commander, Beastmaster and Night Stalker, winning 3.1, 3.0 and 2.7 percentage points more often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
The heroes that do best together with Dawnbreaker are Primal Beast, Largo and Slardar, winning 3.2, 3.0 and 2.8 percentage points more often than their own win rates predict. The weakest pairings are with Night Stalker and Dark Seer.
Dawnbreaker wins 52.2% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 17th highest win rate of 127 heroes, and is picked in 7.8% of matches.
Dawnbreaker wins most in short games (under 25 minutes): 57.0%, against 49.9% in long games (over 50 minutes). Dawnbreaker is strongest in the midgame: around minute 20 its team gains the experience lead in 57.0% of games, against 52.4% at minute 5 and 49.1% at minute 45.
