SLAM III — Draft Breakdown
Comprehensive pick & ban analysis for SLAM III: 43 drafts analysed, 81 unique heroes, hero contest rates, winrates, draft priority, side splits and per-team breakdowns.
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43
43 matches scanned
430
10.0 per match
602
14.0 per match
81
76 picked · 61 banned
Draft leaders
The heroes shaping the meta of SLAM III.
By total picks

Jakiro
44.2% pick rate

Ringmaster
44.2% pick rate

Tiny
37.2% pick rate

Nature's Prophet
32.6% pick rate

Dark Seer
32.6% pick rate

Beastmaster
30.2% pick rate

Sand King
30.2% pick rate

Ancient Apparition
30.2% pick rate

Terrorblade
30.2% pick rate

Morphling
27.9% pick rate
By total bans

Templar Assassin
90.7% ban rate

Bristleback
83.7% ban rate

Beastmaster
69.8% ban rate

Sand King
65.1% ban rate

Monkey King
65.1% ban rate

Ancient Apparition
48.8% ban rate

Tinker
48.8% ban rate

Doom
48.8% ban rate

Tiny
46.5% ban rate

Morphling
46.5% ban rate
Picks + bans

Beastmaster
100.0% contest rate

Templar Assassin
97.7% contest rate

Bristleback
97.7% contest rate

Sand King
95.3% contest rate

Monkey King
88.4% contest rate

Tiny
83.7% contest rate

Jakiro
81.4% contest rate

Ancient Apparition
79.1% contest rate

Morphling
74.4% contest rate

Nature's Prophet
74.4% contest rate
Draft priority
Which heroes captains scramble for first — based on average draft order.
Lowest average pick order (min 3 picks)

Templar Assassin
3 picks

Bristleback
6 picks

Beastmaster
13 picks

Sand King
13 picks

Dark Seer
14 picks

Ancient Apparition
13 picks

Tinker
9 picks

Nature's Prophet
14 picks
Lowest average ban order (min 3 bans)

Venomancer
3 bans

Templar Assassin
39 bans

Bristleback
36 bans

Nature's Prophet
18 bans

Tinker
21 bans

Beastmaster
30 bans

Sand King
28 bans

Keeper of the Light
15 bans
Winrate leaders
Win % when picked (minimum 5 picks).
Min 5 picks

Shadow Shaman
9 picks · 8 wins

Monkey King
10 picks · 8 wins

Tinker
9 picks · 7 wins

Crystal Maiden
7 picks · 5 wins

Pangolier
11 picks · 7 wins

Medusa
8 picks · 5 wins

Centaur Warrunner
8 picks · 5 wins

Warlock
10 picks · 6 wins
Min 5 picks

Storm Spirit
6 picks · 1 wins

Enigma
5 picks · 1 wins

Underlord
5 picks · 1 wins

Weaver
5 picks · 1 wins

Silencer
7 picks · 2 wins

Jakiro
19 picks · 6 wins
Side preferences
Which heroes captains prefer when drafting from each side of the map.
Most picked when on Radiant

Ringmaster
7 on Dire

Jakiro
8 on Dire

Tiny
6 on Dire

Ancient Apparition
4 on Dire

Sand King
5 on Dire

Morphling
4 on Dire
Most picked when on Dire

Nature's Prophet
5 on Radiant

Jakiro
11 on Radiant

Dark Seer
6 on Radiant

Terrorblade
5 on Radiant

Beastmaster
6 on Radiant

Monkey King
3 on Radiant
Team draft tendencies
Signature picks and bans for each team in SLAM III.
14 matches
Top picks
- Slardar4

- Ember Spirit4

- Muerta4

- Storm Spirit3

- Bounty Hunter3

Top bans
- Beastmaster10

- Templar Assassin6

- Puck5

- Gyrocopter5

- Bristleback5

11 matches
Top picks
- Ringmaster7

- Ancient Apparition6

- Tiny5

- Magnus4

- Morphling3

Top bans
- Templar Assassin10

- Beastmaster7

- Sand King5

- Jakiro5

- Keeper of the Light5

10 matches
Top picks
- Shadow Shaman4

- Warlock4

- Dark Seer4

- Medusa4

- Tusk4

Top bans
- Ancient Apparition6

- Bristleback6

- Templar Assassin5

- Nature's Prophet5

- Morphling3

10 matches
Top picks
- Crystal Maiden5

- Pangolier4

- Mirana3

- Tiny3

- Beastmaster3

Top bans
- Templar Assassin9

- Tinker5

- Morphling4

- Storm Spirit3

- Kunkka3

8 matches
Top picks
- Windranger4

- Jakiro3

- Monkey King3

- Nature's Prophet2

- Medusa2

Top bans
- Sand King8

- Dark Seer5

- Bristleback5

- Tiny4

- Beastmaster3

7 matches
Top picks
- Sand King3

- Jakiro3

- Tiny2

- Tinker2

- Beastmaster2

Top bans
- Bristleback7

- Monkey King5

- Templar Assassin4

- Jakiro4

- Morphling2

7 matches
Top picks
- Nature's Prophet3

- Jakiro3

- Centaur Warrunner3

- Sand King2

- Windranger2

Top bans
- Tiny4

- Doom4

- Monkey King4

- Morphling3

- Puck3

7 matches
Top picks
- Terrorblade4

- Ancient Apparition3

- Earthshaker2

- Morphling2

- Enigma2

Top bans
- Tiny4

- Jakiro4

- Doom4

- Monkey King4

- Elder Titan3

6 matches
Top picks
- Ringmaster3

- Puck2

- Sand King2

- Tiny2

- Nature's Prophet2

Top bans
- Bristleback4

- Tinker3

- Phantom Assassin3

- Ancient Apparition3

- Monkey King3

6 matches
Top picks
- Pangolier3

- Shadow Shaman2

- Dark Seer2

- Silencer2

- Timbersaw2

Top bans
- Monkey King4

- Beastmaster3

- Ancient Apparition3

- Doom3

- Puck2

All heroes — full breakdown
Sortable table of every hero appearing in SLAM III drafts. Click a column to re-sort.
| Hero | Side split (R / D) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 13 | 30 | 43 | 100.0% | 53.8% | 6 / 7 | 9.0 | 3.5 |
![]() | 3 | 39 | 42 | 97.7% | 66.7% | 0 / 3 | 7.0 | 2.4 |
![]() | 6 | 36 | 42 | 97.7% | 50.0% | 1 / 5 | 8.0 | 2.8 |
![]() | 13 | 28 | 41 | 95.3% | 46.2% | 8 / 5 | 10.1 | 3.9 |
![]() | 10 | 28 | 38 | 88.4% | 80.0% | 3 / 7 | 13.8 | 8.8 |
![]() | 16 | 20 | 36 | 83.7% | 43.8% | 10 / 6 | 13.3 | 6.5 |
![]() | 19 | 16 | 35 | 81.4% | 31.6% | 11 / 8 | 12.5 | 7.4 |
![]() | 13 | 21 | 34 | 79.1% | 53.8% | 9 / 4 | 11.5 | 6.4 |
![]() | 12 | 20 | 32 | 74.4% | 50.0% | 8 / 4 | 16.6 | 12.3 |
![]() | 14 | 18 | 32 | 74.4% | 42.9% | 5 / 9 | 11.7 | 3.1 |
![]() | 14 | 18 | 32 | 74.4% | 42.9% | 6 / 8 | 11.5 | 6.5 |
![]() | 9 | 21 | 30 | 69.8% | 77.8% | 6 / 3 | 11.6 | 3.2 |
![]() | 9 | 21 | 30 | 69.8% | 44.4% | 5 / 4 | 15.3 | 8.6 |
![]() | 19 | 9 | 28 | 65.1% | 36.8% | 12 / 7 | 12.5 | 10.6 |
![]() | 13 | 13 | 26 | 60.5% | 38.5% | 5 / 8 | 15.6 | 10.9 |
![]() | 11 | 14 | 25 | 58.1% | 63.6% | 6 / 5 | 17.6 | 14.4 |
![]() | 6 | 16 | 22 | 51.2% | 16.7% | 1 / 5 | 19.5 | 17.9 |
![]() | 10 | 12 | 22 | 51.2% | 50.0% | 4 / 6 | 15.3 | 18.5 |
![]() | 8 | 13 | 21 | 48.8% | 62.5% | 5 / 3 | 13.8 | 15.2 |
![]() | 3 | 17 | 20 | 46.5% | 66.7% | 2 / 1 | 19.3 | 11.7 |
![]() | 7 | 12 | 19 | 44.2% | 42.9% | 5 / 2 | 13.0 | 14.6 |
![]() | 4 | 15 | 19 | 44.2% | 75.0% | 1 / 3 | 13.5 | 4.7 |
![]() | 4 | 13 | 17 | 39.5% | 50.0% | 1 / 3 | 17.0 | 14.5 |
![]() | 7 | 10 | 17 | 39.5% | 28.6% | 2 / 5 | 12.0 | 9.2 |
![]() | 4 | 12 | 16 | 37.2% | 25.0% | 3 / 1 | 21.0 | 19.6 |
![]() | 10 | 6 | 16 | 37.2% | 60.0% | 3 / 7 | 15.9 | 8.7 |
![]() | 8 | 8 | 16 | 37.2% | 62.5% | 6 / 2 | 16.6 | 17.1 |
![]() | 11 | 2 | 13 | 30.2% | 45.5% | 4 / 7 | 14.1 | 10.0 |
![]() | 9 | 4 | 13 | 30.2% | 55.6% | 7 / 2 | 15.3 | 13.3 |
![]() | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27.9% | 40.0% | 3 / 2 | 15.6 | 11.0 |
![]() | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27.9% | 100.0% | 1 / 2 | 14.3 | 14.4 |
![]() | 9 | 2 | 11 | 25.6% | 88.9% | 4 / 5 | 14.1 | 8.0 |
![]() | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23.3% | 57.1% | 2 / 5 | 19.7 | 17.0 |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23.3% | 20.0% | 2 / 3 | 16.4 | 17.4 |
![]() | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23.3% | 66.7% | 1 / 2 | 13.3 | 8.1 |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23.3% | 60.0% | 3 / 2 | 15.0 | 9.4 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20.9% | 40.0% | 1 / 4 | 18.0 | 20.5 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20.9% | 33.3% | 1 / 5 | 14.2 | 12.3 |
![]() | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20.9% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 15.0 | 15.5 |
![]() | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20.9% | 66.7% | 2 / 1 | 14.7 | 5.3 |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20.9% | 42.9% | 3 / 4 | 13.4 | 5.5 |
![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18.6% | 50.0% | 1 / 3 | 19.5 | 19.3 |
![]() | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18.6% | 66.7% | 2 / 1 | 14.0 | 8.6 |
![]() | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16.3% | — | 0 / 0 | — | 14.0 |
![]() | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16.3% | 71.4% | 2 / 5 | 15.7 | — |
![]() | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16.3% | 57.1% | 4 / 3 | 14.0 | — |
![]() | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16.3% | 50.0% | 3 / 3 | 19.5 | 20.0 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16.3% | 20.0% | 4 / 1 | 21.2 | 15.0 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14.0% | 100.0% | 2 / 1 | 22.0 | 18.7 |
![]() | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14.0% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 16.0 | 20.0 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11.6% | 50.0% | 2 / 0 | 23.0 | 14.3 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11.6% | 60.0% | 3 / 2 | 16.4 | — |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11.6% | 20.0% | 1 / 4 | 18.8 | — |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9.3% | 100.0% | 1 / 2 | 22.3 | 19.0 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9.3% | 66.7% | 2 / 1 | 15.3 | 20.0 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.0% | 100.0% | 1 / 2 | 13.0 | — |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.0% | — | 0 / 0 | — | 18.3 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7.0% | 0.0% | 1 / 1 | 23.0 | 21.0 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.0% | — | 0 / 0 | — | 1.7 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.0% | 33.3% | 2 / 1 | 22.7 | — |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7.0% | 100.0% | 0 / 1 | 17.0 | 12.5 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7.0% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 13.0 | 20.0 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.0% | 0.0% | 2 / 1 | 16.7 | — |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.7% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 23.0 | 4.0 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.7% | 100.0% | 1 / 0 | 23.0 | 18.0 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.7% | — | 0 / 0 | — | 15.0 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.7% | 50.0% | 1 / 1 | 14.0 | — |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.7% | 50.0% | 1 / 1 | 20.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.7% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 16.0 | 19.0 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.7% | 100.0% | 2 / 0 | 19.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 23.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 100.0% | 1 / 0 | 23.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 16.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 15.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 16.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 13.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 100.0% | 1 / 0 | 16.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 100.0% | 1 / 0 | 22.0 | — |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.3% | — | 0 / 0 | — | 2.0 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 100.0% | 0 / 1 | 14.0 | — |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 23.0 | — |
Pick & ban FAQ
Quick answers about the SLAM III draft meta.
Which hero is most contested in SLAM III?▾
Beastmaster is the most contested hero in SLAM III with a contest rate of 100.0% across 43 drafts.
Which hero is banned the most in SLAM III?▾
Templar Assassin leads the ban list with 39 bans (90.7% ban rate).
Which hero is picked the most in SLAM III?▾
Jakiro is the most picked hero with 19 picks across 43 drafts.
Which hero has the highest winrate in SLAM III?▾
Shadow Shaman posts the highest winrate at 88.9% (minimum 5 picks) across 9 games.
How many heroes have been seen in the SLAM III draft?▾
81 unique heroes have appeared in SLAM III drafts: 76 have been picked and 61 have been banned.
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