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Stats corner: September's heroes in a nutshell

Most picked

 

Visage - Visage is awarded as the strongest non-ban worthy hero last month. The biggest culprit behind the sudden rise of Visage is the September 19th patch which introduced Abaddon, Elder Titan, Troll Warlord and Spirit Breaker into Captain's Mode. Teams started banning out those heroes, all of whom have enjoyed their fair share of attention on the competitive pool, and allowed Visage to slip by.

 

 
 
 
 
Most banned and most contested

 

Batrider - Topping the charts once again, Batrider took the cake for being the most loved and hated hero in September. Out of the 585 games played throughout the month, Batrider was either picked or banned 583 times and only missed out on action in two games. This is not the first time Batrider has topped the charts.

Io - Things have not changed since The International 3 and Io came in second as the most banned hero in relation to how many times it was picked and how many times it was banned. Io is still widely considered a broken hero by many and this clearly shows in our next segment about winning rate. Io have the highest winning rate among all the heroes picked over 100 times.

 
 
 
 
Win rates (for heroes picked > 50 times)

 

Io - Io is the hero with the highest win rate for more than 100 games played. With 118 games played, Io had 71 wins under its belt. Commonly seen to be coupled with Chaos Knight, most teams are switching it up by teaming Io up with other heroes such as Lifestealer and Alchemist. DK also ran a very interesting Io - Sand King combo in their debut game against Vici Gaming.

Enigma - Enigma was picked 50 times throughout the course of September and it has the highest win rate, winning almost 66% of all its games. One of the reasons why Enigma have such a high win rate could be attributed to the current state of the aggressive meta-game. Enigma is often placed in the jungle and after the Eidolons hit level three, they would roll onto the lane and start pushing down towers for the quick and early gold.

 
 
 
 
 
Full stats for September




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