The International 2014 — Draft Breakdown
Comprehensive pick & ban analysis for The International 2014: 409 drafts analysed, 101 unique heroes, hero contest rates, winrates, draft priority, side splits and per-team breakdowns.
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409
416 matches scanned
4,090
10.0 per match
4,089
10.0 per match
101
101 picked · 99 banned
Draft leaders
The heroes shaping the meta of The International 2014.
By total picks
Mirana
46.9% pick rate
Treant Protector
33.3% pick rate
Shadow Shaman
30.3% pick rate
Doom
29.8% pick rate
Brewmaster
29.8% pick rate
Shadow Demon
27.9% pick rate
Invoker
27.1% pick rate
Wraith King
26.9% pick rate
Razor
26.4% pick rate
Ancient Apparition
25.9% pick rate
By total bans
Lycan
80.4% ban rate
Batrider
60.6% ban rate
Doom
41.8% ban rate
Invoker
38.4% ban rate
Brewmaster
36.9% ban rate
Naga Siren
34.2% ban rate
Io
31.3% ban rate
Ancient Apparition
27.9% ban rate
Tinker
25.4% ban rate
Tidehunter
25.2% ban rate
Picks + bans
Lycan
91.2% contest rate
Batrider
80.7% contest rate
Mirana
71.9% contest rate
Doom
71.6% contest rate
Brewmaster
66.7% contest rate
Invoker
65.5% contest rate
Ancient Apparition
53.8% contest rate
Treant Protector
52.3% contest rate
Tidehunter
50.4% contest rate
Shadow Demon
48.9% contest rate
Draft priority
Which heroes captains scramble for first — based on average draft order.
Lowest average pick order (min 3 picks)
Lycan
44 picks
Treant Protector
136 picks
Batrider
82 picks
Invoker
111 picks
Brewmaster
122 picks
Doom
122 picks
Skywrath Mage
88 picks
Mirana
192 picks
Lowest average ban order (min 3 bans)
Lycan
329 bans
Batrider
248 bans
Io
128 bans
Treant Protector
78 bans
Invoker
157 bans
Doom
171 bans
Faceless Void
68 bans
Enigma
57 bans
Winrate leaders
Win % when picked (minimum 5 picks).
Min 5 picks
Abaddon
11 picks · 8 wins
Juggernaut
12 picks · 8 wins
Weaver
67 picks · 44 wins
Visage
25 picks · 16 wins
Lycan
44 picks · 28 wins
Undying
8 picks · 5 wins
Keeper of the Light
26 picks · 16 wins
Clockwerk
40 picks · 24 wins
Min 5 picks
Phantom Assassin
8 picks · 1 wins
Silencer
10 picks · 2 wins
Huskar
5 picks · 1 wins
Jakiro
29 picks · 8 wins
Clinkz
7 picks · 2 wins
Pudge
7 picks · 2 wins
Side preferences
Which heroes captains prefer when drafting from each side of the map.
Most picked when on Radiant
Mirana
103 on Dire
Doom
48 on Dire
Treant Protector
65 on Dire
Invoker
47 on Dire
Shadow Demon
52 on Dire
Ancient Apparition
46 on Dire
Most picked when on Dire
Mirana
89 on Radiant
Wraith King
39 on Radiant
Treant Protector
71 on Radiant
Brewmaster
58 on Radiant
Shadow Shaman
60 on Radiant
Razor
45 on Radiant
Team draft tendencies
Signature picks and bans for each team in The International 2014.
43 matches
Top picks
- Mirana13
- Viper11
- Invoker10
- Razor9
- Tidehunter7
Top bans
- Naga Siren14
- Ancient Apparition12
- Tinker11
- Batrider11
- Doom11
40 matches
Top picks
- Wraith King17
- Mirana13
- Skywrath Mage12
- Razor10
- Dark Seer10
Top bans
- Io21
- Doom16
- Lycan12
- Brewmaster10
- Naga Siren10
34 matches
Top picks
- Nature's Prophet12
- Mirana10
- Ancient Apparition10
- Shadow Shaman9
- Razor6
Top bans
- Lycan17
- Doom11
- Io10
- Batrider8
- Mirana7
34 matches
Top picks
- Shadow Shaman14
- Doom10
- Brewmaster10
- Rubick9
- Earthshaker8
Top bans
- Razor19
- Lycan11
- Tinker7
- Faceless Void7
- Death Prophet7
30 matches
Top picks
- Shadow Shaman11
- Razor10
- Nature's Prophet10
- Morphling9
- Venomancer8
Top bans
- Tinker18
- Lycan11
- Enchantress9
- Naga Siren8
- Tidehunter7
30 matches
Top picks
- Dazzle8
- Doom8
- Invoker7
- Mirana6
- Wraith King6
Top bans
- Batrider14
- Brewmaster10
- Centaur Warrunner10
- Ember Spirit10
- Tidehunter9
26 matches
Top picks
- Skywrath Mage12
- Doom10
- Mirana8
- Shadow Shaman7
- Ember Spirit6
Top bans
- Lycan9
- Tinker7
- Faceless Void7
- Doom7
- Enigma6
24 matches
Top picks
- Shadow Shaman7
- Faceless Void7
- Skywrath Mage6
- Juggernaut5
- Morphling4
Top bans
- Lycan11
- Tinker7
- Brewmaster7
- Doom6
- Mirana5
22 matches
Top picks
- Razor9
- Enigma7
- Wraith King7
- Mirana6
- Tidehunter6
Top bans
- Lycan11
- Shadow Shaman7
- Lich7
- Batrider6
- Faceless Void5
21 matches
Top picks
- Doom8
- Mirana7
- Razor7
- Faceless Void6
- Alchemist6
Top bans
- Lycan8
- Enigma7
- Razor6
- Tinker5
- Viper5
21 matches
Top picks
- Treant Protector9
- Rubick9
- Jakiro8
- Nature's Prophet7
- Templar Assassin5
Top bans
- Doom14
- Invoker9
- Tinker8
- Viper8
- Batrider6
21 matches
Top picks
- Sand King9
- Ancient Apparition8
- Clockwerk7
- Morphling6
- Mirana5
Top bans
- Lycan19
- Brewmaster9
- Batrider7
- Pugna4
- Dark Seer4
All heroes — full breakdown
Sortable table of every hero appearing in The International 2014 drafts. Click a column to re-sort.
| Hero | Side split (R / D) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 329 | 373 | 91.2% | 63.6% | 29 / 15 | 6.2 | 1.9 |
| 82 | 248 | 330 | 80.7% | 53.7% | 42 / 40 | 7.4 | 2.6 |
| 192 | 102 | 294 | 71.9% | 53.1% | 89 / 103 | 8.2 | 6.1 |
| 122 | 171 | 293 | 71.6% | 59.8% | 74 / 48 | 8.1 | 5.6 |
| 122 | 151 | 273 | 66.7% | 45.1% | 58 / 64 | 8.0 | 6.4 |
| 111 | 157 | 268 | 65.5% | 45.0% | 64 / 47 | 7.9 | 4.1 |
| 106 | 114 | 220 | 53.8% | 49.1% | 60 / 46 | 8.9 | 7.6 |
| 136 | 78 | 214 | 52.3% | 54.4% | 71 / 65 | 6.4 | 2.9 |
| 103 | 103 | 206 | 50.4% | 47.6% | 47 / 56 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
| 114 | 86 | 200 | 48.9% | 50.0% | 62 / 52 | 9.1 | 10.8 |
| 108 | 87 | 195 | 47.7% | 45.4% | 45 / 63 | 9.7 | 6.3 |
| 40 | 140 | 180 | 44.0% | 42.5% | 25 / 15 | 12.8 | 6.6 |
| 96 | 83 | 179 | 43.8% | 41.7% | 45 / 51 | 9.9 | 6.7 |
| 110 | 69 | 179 | 43.8% | 50.9% | 39 / 71 | 11.6 | 10.6 |
| 124 | 51 | 175 | 42.8% | 53.2% | 60 / 64 | 9.5 | 7.7 |
| 80 | 93 | 173 | 42.3% | 50.0% | 37 / 43 | 12.8 | 10.8 |
| 45 | 128 | 173 | 42.3% | 37.8% | 25 / 20 | 8.6 | 2.8 |
| 103 | 61 | 164 | 40.1% | 53.4% | 58 / 45 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| 100 | 64 | 164 | 40.1% | 51.0% | 49 / 51 | 10.4 | 8.9 |
| 103 | 59 | 162 | 39.6% | 58.3% | 52 / 51 | 10.3 | 8.7 |
| 79 | 81 | 160 | 39.1% | 58.2% | 46 / 33 | 14.1 | 11.1 |
| 74 | 80 | 154 | 37.7% | 44.6% | 28 / 46 | 9.3 | 8.9 |
| 33 | 104 | 137 | 33.5% | 39.4% | 18 / 15 | 14.5 | 6.8 |
| 62 | 68 | 130 | 31.8% | 41.9% | 31 / 31 | 8.6 | 5.6 |
| 58 | 66 | 124 | 30.3% | 55.2% | 28 / 30 | 12.4 | 8.3 |
| 88 | 32 | 120 | 29.3% | 48.9% | 46 / 42 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| 45 | 74 | 119 | 29.1% | 46.7% | 23 / 22 | 12.0 | 6.2 |
| 59 | 57 | 116 | 28.4% | 55.9% | 25 / 34 | 9.0 | 5.7 |
| 67 | 48 | 115 | 28.1% | 65.7% | 32 / 35 | 15.8 | 13.3 |
 | 61 | 48 | 109 | 26.7% | 55.7% | 32 / 29 | 15.0 | 12.3 |
| 44 | 60 | 104 | 25.4% | 56.8% | 16 / 28 | 14.6 | 12.6 |
 | 63 | 39 | 102 | 24.9% | 46.0% | 33 / 30 | 14.9 | 13.3 |
| 58 | 39 | 97 | 23.7% | 48.3% | 31 / 27 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
 | 50 | 42 | 92 | 22.5% | 50.0% | 28 / 22 | 13.2 | 10.8 |
 | 53 | 37 | 90 | 22.0% | 52.8% | 21 / 32 | 11.3 | 10.8 |
| 63 | 25 | 88 | 21.5% | 55.6% | 35 / 28 | 13.5 | 10.4 |
 | 50 | 35 | 85 | 20.8% | 44.0% | 26 / 24 | 12.3 | 12.0 |
| 46 | 39 | 85 | 20.8% | 45.7% | 25 / 21 | 12.5 | 10.1 |
| 30 | 51 | 81 | 19.8% | 56.7% | 12 / 18 | 13.1 | 9.3 |
 | 40 | 36 | 76 | 18.6% | 55.0% | 22 / 18 | 14.3 | 10.6 |
 | 26 | 47 | 73 | 17.8% | 46.2% | 16 / 10 | 14.2 | 12.1 |
| 19 | 52 | 71 | 17.4% | 52.6% | 12 / 7 | 15.3 | 11.6 |
 | 29 | 39 | 68 | 16.6% | 44.8% | 14 / 15 | 14.6 | 12.4 |
| 40 | 27 | 67 | 16.4% | 60.0% | 22 / 18 | 13.2 | 12.7 |
 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 15.6% | 56.3% | 11 / 21 | 14.0 | 13.8 |
 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 13.9% | 50.0% | 13 / 13 | 14.4 | 11.2 |
 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 13.2% | 39.4% | 23 / 10 | 14.7 | 12.8 |
| 25 | 29 | 54 | 13.2% | 64.0% | 11 / 14 | 13.9 | 8.0 |
| 27 | 23 | 50 | 12.2% | 40.7% | 9 / 18 | 14.2 | 12.3 |
 | 38 | 11 | 49 | 12.0% | 55.3% | 25 / 13 | 14.7 | 11.1 |
 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 10.3% | 44.4% | 9 / 9 | 12.7 | 10.6 |
 | 29 | 12 | 41 | 10.0% | 41.4% | 13 / 16 | 16.7 | 11.2 |
 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 10.0% | 41.2% | 6 / 11 | 15.6 | 11.0 |
| 26 | 15 | 41 | 10.0% | 61.5% | 9 / 17 | 12.3 | 9.6 |
 | 34 | 7 | 41 | 10.0% | 38.2% | 17 / 17 | 15.5 | 13.1 |
 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 10.0% | 46.2% | 13 / 13 | 15.4 | 14.5 |
 | 37 | 3 | 40 | 9.8% | 48.6% | 21 / 16 | 13.9 | 10.3 |
| 29 | 10 | 39 | 9.5% | 27.6% | 11 / 18 | 11.7 | 8.3 |
 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 9.5% | 38.5% | 8 / 18 | 14.5 | 10.9 |
| 29 | 8 | 37 | 9.0% | 58.6% | 16 / 13 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 8.8% | 45.8% | 14 / 10 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 8.6% | 42.1% | 6 / 13 | 14.0 | 15.9 |
 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 8.3% | 50.0% | 14 / 8 | 15.0 | 13.0 |
 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 8.1% | 55.0% | 9 / 11 | 15.7 | 12.0 |
 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 6.4% | 35.0% | 12 / 8 | 14.2 | 15.0 |
 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 5.9% | 40.0% | 1 / 9 | 17.7 | 14.3 |
 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 5.9% | 47.4% | 10 / 9 | 15.7 | 14.8 |
 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 5.9% | 50.0% | 2 / 12 | 16.2 | 12.4 |
 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 5.6% | 50.0% | 6 / 4 | 13.9 | 6.8 |
| 11 | 11 | 22 | 5.4% | 72.7% | 6 / 5 | 15.6 | 8.8 |
 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4.9% | 42.9% | 4 / 3 | 15.9 | 9.2 |
 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 4.6% | 38.9% | 11 / 7 | 15.6 | 16.0 |
 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4.6% | 55.6% | 5 / 4 | 16.4 | 13.2 |
 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3.7% | 55.6% | 5 / 4 | 16.2 | 12.7 |
| 8 | 7 | 15 | 3.7% | 12.5% | 4 / 4 | 16.4 | 11.9 |
| 10 | 5 | 15 | 3.7% | 20.0% | 8 / 2 | 16.3 | 13.4 |
| 12 | 2 | 14 | 3.4% | 66.7% | 5 / 7 | 15.3 | 13.0 |
| 7 | 6 | 13 | 3.2% | 28.6% | 2 / 5 | 17.4 | 9.0 |
 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2.9% | 42.9% | 5 / 2 | 18.0 | 15.0 |
 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2.9% | 55.6% | 3 / 6 | 14.4 | 9.0 |
 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2.7% | 50.0% | 4 / 6 | 11.4 | 16.0 |
 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2.7% | 44.4% | 5 / 4 | 17.2 | 12.5 |
 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2.7% | 33.3% | 2 / 4 | 17.0 | 11.8 |
 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2.2% | 33.3% | 2 / 1 | 17.0 | 11.3 |
| 8 | 1 | 9 | 2.2% | 62.5% | 4 / 4 | 16.1 | 17.0 |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | 2.0% | 28.6% | 6 / 1 | 14.6 | 10.0 |
 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2.0% | 40.0% | 5 / 0 | 15.0 | 9.0 |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 2.0% | 20.0% | 2 / 3 | 17.8 | 12.3 |
 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2.0% | 33.3% | 1 / 5 | 14.7 | 8.0 |
 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.5% | 33.3% | 1 / 5 | 14.2 | — |
 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.5% | 100.0% | 1 / 2 | 14.3 | 6.3 |
 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.5% | 25.0% | 1 / 3 | 16.3 | 10.0 |
 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.2% | 75.0% | 3 / 1 | 16.3 | 11.0 |
 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.2% | 0.0% | 2 / 1 | 17.7 | 9.5 |
 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.2% | 33.3% | 3 / 0 | 15.7 | 13.5 |
 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0% | 25.0% | 1 / 3 | 15.3 | — |
 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0% | 33.3% | 1 / 2 | 18.3 | 10.0 |
 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.7% | 50.0% | 0 / 2 | 14.0 | 9.0 |
 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.7% | 50.0% | 1 / 1 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.7% | 100.0% | 0 / 1 | 18.0 | 10.0 |
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 18.0 | 5.0 |
Pick & ban FAQ
Quick answers about the The International 2014 draft meta.
Which hero is most contested in The International 2014?▾
Lycan is the most contested hero in The International 2014 with a contest rate of 91.2% across 409 drafts.
Which hero is banned the most in The International 2014?▾
Lycan leads the ban list with 329 bans (80.4% ban rate).
Which hero is picked the most in The International 2014?▾
Mirana is the most picked hero with 192 picks across 409 drafts.
Which hero has the highest winrate in The International 2014?▾
Abaddon posts the highest winrate at 72.7% (minimum 5 picks) across 11 games.
How many heroes have been seen in the The International 2014 draft?▾
101 unique heroes have appeared in The International 2014 drafts: 101 have been picked and 99 have been banned.
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