The International 2015 — Draft Breakdown
Comprehensive pick & ban analysis for The International 2015: 380 drafts analysed, 104 unique heroes, hero contest rates, winrates, draft priority, side splits and per-team breakdowns.
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380
382 matches scanned
3,800
10.0 per match
3,799
10.0 per match
104
104 picked · 100 banned
Draft leaders
The heroes shaping the meta of The International 2015.
By total picks
Gyrocopter
48.2% pick rate
Queen of Pain
47.9% pick rate
Earthshaker
44.5% pick rate
Lina
41.6% pick rate
Rubick
36.3% pick rate
Dazzle
34.5% pick rate
Clockwerk
33.9% pick rate
Shadow Fiend
33.7% pick rate
Leshrac
30.5% pick rate
Witch Doctor
26.6% pick rate
By total bans
Undying
58.4% ban rate
Leshrac
57.4% ban rate
Queen of Pain
46.6% ban rate
Broodmother
42.4% ban rate
Gyrocopter
41.6% ban rate
Io
41.3% ban rate
Shadow Fiend
38.4% ban rate
Bounty Hunter
34.2% ban rate
Naga Siren
28.9% ban rate
Phantom Lancer
27.6% ban rate
Picks + bans
Queen of Pain
94.5% contest rate
Gyrocopter
89.7% contest rate
Leshrac
87.9% contest rate
Undying
82.4% contest rate
Shadow Fiend
72.1% contest rate
Earthshaker
68.4% contest rate
Lina
60.5% contest rate
Clockwerk
57.6% contest rate
Io
57.4% contest rate
Dazzle
56.8% contest rate
Draft priority
Which heroes captains scramble for first — based on average draft order.
Lowest average pick order (min 3 picks)
Gyrocopter
183 picks
Leshrac
116 picks
Queen of Pain
182 picks
Tusk
95 picks
Undying
91 picks
Io
61 picks
Naga Siren
46 picks
Shadow Fiend
128 picks
Lowest average ban order (min 3 bans)
Leshrac
218 bans
Io
157 bans
Gyrocopter
158 bans
Queen of Pain
177 bans
Undying
222 bans
Batrider
7 bans
Naga Siren
110 bans
Shadow Fiend
146 bans
Winrate leaders
Win % when picked (minimum 5 picks).
Min 5 picks
Pudge
5 picks · 4 wins
Techies
9 picks · 7 wins
Enigma
13 picks · 10 wins
Phantom Assassin
8 picks · 6 wins
Templar Assassin
41 picks · 29 wins
Weaver
17 picks · 12 wins
Omniknight
9 picks · 6 wins
Bounty Hunter
71 picks · 47 wins
Min 5 picks
Enchantress
10 picks · 2 wins
Legion Commander
10 picks · 2 wins
Centaur Warrunner
8 picks · 2 wins
Nyx Assassin
25 picks · 7 wins
Tinker
9 picks · 3 wins
Sven
18 picks · 6 wins
Side preferences
Which heroes captains prefer when drafting from each side of the map.
Most picked when on Radiant
Earthshaker
80 on Dire
Queen of Pain
95 on Dire
Shadow Fiend
44 on Dire
Gyrocopter
104 on Dire
Lina
82 on Dire
Dazzle
57 on Dire
Most picked when on Dire
Gyrocopter
79 on Radiant
Queen of Pain
87 on Radiant
Lina
76 on Radiant
Earthshaker
89 on Radiant
Rubick
65 on Radiant
Clockwerk
57 on Radiant
Team draft tendencies
Signature picks and bans for each team in The International 2015.
45 matches
Top picks
- Witch Doctor21
- Queen of Pain15
- Spirit Breaker15
- Earthshaker14
- Dazzle12
Top bans
- Leshrac16
- Bloodseeker14
- Earthshaker13
- Gyrocopter11
- Shadow Fiend10
43 matches
Top picks
- Lina15
- Queen of Pain12
- Tusk12
- Bounty Hunter10
- Gyrocopter10
Top bans
- Leshrac24
- Naga Siren14
- Earthshaker10
- Phantom Lancer10
- Dark Seer10
35 matches
Top picks
- Razor11
- Gyrocopter11
- Rubick11
- Dazzle9
- Clockwerk9
Top bans
- Leshrac16
- Broodmother14
- Undying14
- Naga Siren11
- Bounty Hunter9
32 matches
Top picks
- Dragon Knight9
- Lina8
- Queen of Pain8
- Dazzle8
- Tusk8
Top bans
- Shadow Fiend18
- Leshrac14
- Queen of Pain9
- Gyrocopter8
- Io8
30 matches
Top picks
- Lina16
- Bloodseeker9
- Dazzle9
- Clockwerk9
- Leshrac8
Top bans
- Queen of Pain14
- Naga Siren11
- Io9
- Storm Spirit8
- Broodmother8
28 matches
Top picks
- Gyrocopter10
- Earthshaker9
- Queen of Pain9
- Dazzle6
- Leshrac6
Top bans
- Io13
- Leshrac10
- Dark Seer8
- Broodmother7
- Keeper of the Light7
27 matches
Top picks
- Queen of Pain10
- Lina7
- Clockwerk7
- Gyrocopter7
- Naga Siren7
Top bans
- Gyrocopter15
- Bounty Hunter11
- Disruptor9
- Lina7
- Dazzle7
26 matches
Top picks
- Gyrocopter14
- Dazzle12
- Tusk12
- Earthshaker9
- Shadow Fiend7
Top bans
- Broodmother14
- Naga Siren13
- Bloodseeker8
- Undying8
- Winter Wyvern7
26 matches
Top picks
- Earthshaker13
- Lina9
- Crystal Maiden8
- Gyrocopter8
- Rubick8
Top bans
- Shadow Fiend13
- Bounty Hunter9
- Storm Spirit8
- Undying8
- Leshrac7
24 matches
Top picks
- Rubick11
- Queen of Pain9
- Lina8
- Tusk7
- Winter Wyvern7
Top bans
- Bounty Hunter13
- Leshrac10
- Spirit Breaker8
- Undying7
- Naga Siren7
23 matches
Top picks
- Queen of Pain8
- Clockwerk8
- Gyrocopter7
- Disruptor7
- Shadow Fiend6
Top bans
- Broodmother11
- Viper9
- Undying9
- Queen of Pain7
- Leshrac7
22 matches
Top picks
- Queen of Pain9
- Dazzle7
- Earthshaker6
- Storm Spirit6
- Lina6
Top bans
- Leshrac12
- Bounty Hunter9
- Undying9
- Shadow Fiend7
- Dark Seer6
All heroes — full breakdown
Sortable table of every hero appearing in The International 2015 drafts. Click a column to re-sort.
| Hero | Side split (R / D) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 177 | 359 | 94.5% | 49.5% | 87 / 95 | 5.9 | 2.7 |
| 183 | 158 | 341 | 89.7% | 56.8% | 79 / 104 | 5.6 | 2.6 |
| 116 | 218 | 334 | 87.9% | 52.6% | 57 / 59 | 5.9 | 2.5 |
| 91 | 222 | 313 | 82.4% | 54.9% | 38 / 53 | 7.3 | 3.1 |
| 128 | 146 | 274 | 72.1% | 42.2% | 84 / 44 | 8.4 | 4.0 |
| 169 | 91 | 260 | 68.4% | 49.1% | 89 / 80 | 9.8 | 8.1 |
| 158 | 72 | 230 | 60.5% | 46.2% | 76 / 82 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| 129 | 90 | 219 | 57.6% | 49.6% | 57 / 72 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| 61 | 157 | 218 | 57.4% | 49.2% | 33 / 28 | 8.1 | 2.5 |
| 131 | 85 | 216 | 56.8% | 52.7% | 74 / 57 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 71 | 130 | 201 | 52.9% | 66.2% | 29 / 42 | 8.8 | 4.8 |
| 100 | 99 | 199 | 52.4% | 51.0% | 51 / 49 | 12.9 | 11.8 |
| 138 | 55 | 193 | 50.8% | 44.2% | 65 / 73 | 11.0 | 11.6 |
| 31 | 161 | 192 | 50.5% | 64.5% | 14 / 17 | 15.3 | 10.0 |
| 85 | 99 | 184 | 48.4% | 51.8% | 40 / 45 | 14.2 | 10.8 |
| 95 | 70 | 165 | 43.4% | 51.6% | 45 / 50 | 7.2 | 5.0 |
| 59 | 105 | 164 | 43.2% | 59.3% | 24 / 35 | 14.2 | 11.2 |
| 46 | 110 | 156 | 41.1% | 54.3% | 25 / 21 | 8.2 | 3.8 |
| 71 | 81 | 152 | 40.0% | 53.5% | 32 / 39 | 12.0 | 10.1 |
| 50 | 99 | 149 | 39.2% | 44.0% | 20 / 30 | 13.1 | 11.2 |
| 56 | 83 | 139 | 36.6% | 41.1% | 33 / 23 | 10.7 | 9.1 |
| 101 | 35 | 136 | 35.8% | 54.5% | 51 / 50 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
| 70 | 62 | 132 | 34.7% | 38.6% | 36 / 34 | 11.2 | 7.4 |
| 79 | 51 | 130 | 34.2% | 50.6% | 35 / 44 | 12.3 | 10.5 |
 | 33 | 84 | 117 | 30.8% | 51.5% | 20 / 13 | 9.7 | 5.1 |
 | 76 | 35 | 111 | 29.2% | 53.9% | 43 / 33 | 13.0 | 12.5 |
| 57 | 49 | 106 | 27.9% | 42.1% | 28 / 29 | 13.7 | 12.6 |
 | 47 | 55 | 102 | 26.8% | 51.1% | 24 / 23 | 12.3 | 10.2 |
| 55 | 38 | 93 | 24.5% | 52.7% | 38 / 17 | 13.5 | 11.3 |
 | 38 | 51 | 89 | 23.4% | 50.0% | 17 / 21 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| 41 | 47 | 88 | 23.2% | 70.7% | 18 / 23 | 16.4 | 12.3 |
 | 44 | 42 | 86 | 22.6% | 34.1% | 26 / 18 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 22.4% | 44.1% | 17 / 17 | 15.1 | 11.4 |
 | 30 | 52 | 82 | 21.6% | 56.7% | 19 / 11 | 10.9 | 4.6 |
 | 43 | 34 | 77 | 20.3% | 46.5% | 22 / 21 | 16.3 | 13.2 |
 | 33 | 42 | 75 | 19.7% | 51.5% | 23 / 10 | 11.2 | 5.4 |
 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 17.9% | 59.4% | 16 / 16 | 12.2 | 9.0 |
 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 16.3% | 53.1% | 17 / 15 | 15.7 | 12.4 |
 | 35 | 15 | 50 | 13.2% | 40.0% | 19 / 16 | 14.0 | 13.3 |
 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 12.9% | 38.5% | 13 / 13 | 14.5 | 12.0 |
 | 31 | 17 | 48 | 12.6% | 35.5% | 21 / 10 | 15.3 | 11.8 |
| 40 | 6 | 46 | 12.1% | 62.5% | 20 / 20 | 14.2 | 13.8 |
 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 11.3% | 52.0% | 10 / 15 | 15.0 | 11.4 |
 | 29 | 14 | 43 | 11.3% | 55.2% | 11 / 18 | 15.1 | 13.6 |
| 25 | 15 | 40 | 10.5% | 28.0% | 16 / 9 | 14.0 | 10.7 |
 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 10.3% | 56.0% | 10 / 15 | 13.7 | 7.1 |
 | 25 | 12 | 37 | 9.7% | 36.0% | 11 / 14 | 13.7 | 15.3 |
| 9 | 28 | 37 | 9.7% | 77.8% | 7 / 2 | 13.8 | 7.2 |
 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 9.5% | 53.8% | 11 / 15 | 12.0 | 10.4 |
 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 9.5% | 46.2% | 11 / 15 | 14.9 | 9.6 |
| 19 | 17 | 36 | 9.5% | 36.8% | 6 / 13 | 11.0 | 5.4 |
 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 9.2% | 57.9% | 9 / 10 | 14.2 | 10.6 |
 | 24 | 7 | 31 | 8.2% | 45.8% | 11 / 13 | 11.4 | 11.0 |
 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 8.2% | 42.1% | 14 / 5 | 16.0 | 12.3 |
 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 7.9% | 36.8% | 9 / 10 | 17.5 | 13.5 |
 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 7.6% | 42.1% | 14 / 5 | 15.7 | 13.5 |
 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 7.4% | 46.2% | 7 / 6 | 15.7 | 13.1 |
 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 7.4% | 58.3% | 5 / 7 | 15.3 | 9.1 |
 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 7.1% | 50.0% | 10 / 6 | 16.0 | 14.5 |
 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 6.8% | 60.0% | 4 / 1 | 17.6 | 11.5 |
| 17 | 7 | 24 | 6.3% | 70.6% | 8 / 9 | 16.8 | 15.3 |
| 9 | 14 | 23 | 6.1% | 33.3% | 3 / 6 | 16.1 | 6.4 |
 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 5.8% | 50.0% | 5 / 9 | 15.9 | 7.4 |
| 13 | 8 | 21 | 5.5% | 76.9% | 1 / 12 | 16.8 | 14.8 |
 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 5.5% | 41.7% | 4 / 8 | 17.2 | 10.7 |
 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 5.5% | 55.6% | 9 / 9 | 16.9 | 11.7 |
| 18 | 2 | 20 | 5.3% | 33.3% | 11 / 7 | 16.7 | 16.5 |
 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 5.3% | 42.9% | 7 / 7 | 14.2 | 15.3 |
 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 5.0% | 38.5% | 6 / 7 | 15.3 | 12.7 |
 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4.7% | 55.6% | 6 / 3 | 16.6 | 12.1 |
 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 4.7% | 36.4% | 5 / 6 | 15.8 | 14.9 |
 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 4.7% | 54.5% | 4 / 7 | 15.7 | 12.4 |
| 10 | 6 | 16 | 4.2% | 20.0% | 7 / 3 | 15.7 | 13.2 |
| 9 | 7 | 16 | 4.2% | 33.3% | 6 / 3 | 13.8 | 3.6 |
| 10 | 5 | 15 | 3.9% | 20.0% | 4 / 6 | 17.2 | 14.0 |
| 8 | 6 | 14 | 3.7% | 75.0% | 4 / 4 | 16.8 | 11.7 |
 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3.7% | 60.0% | 8 / 2 | 16.3 | 11.3 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 3.4% | 66.7% | 5 / 4 | 17.7 | 6.8 |
 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3.2% | 75.0% | 3 / 1 | 16.5 | 12.9 |
 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3.2% | 50.0% | 3 / 5 | 17.4 | 9.8 |
| 8 | 4 | 12 | 3.2% | 25.0% | 6 / 2 | 15.8 | 15.0 |
 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2.9% | 42.9% | 4 / 3 | 15.4 | 13.0 |
 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2.9% | 44.4% | 3 / 6 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2.6% | 25.0% | 4 / 0 | 16.3 | 11.5 |
 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2.4% | 50.0% | 1 / 3 | 17.8 | 11.2 |
 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2.1% | 57.1% | 3 / 4 | 14.7 | 11.0 |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 2.1% | 80.0% | 1 / 4 | 12.0 | 6.0 |
 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.1% | 75.0% | 1 / 3 | 16.8 | 13.3 |
 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.8% | 60.0% | 1 / 4 | 17.6 | 16.5 |
 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.8% | 60.0% | 1 / 4 | 16.8 | 12.5 |
 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.8% | 42.9% | 4 / 3 | 16.1 | — |
 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.3% | 25.0% | 2 / 2 | 18.8 | 17.0 |
 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.3% | 50.0% | 1 / 1 | 16.0 | 11.0 |
 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.3% | 33.3% | 1 / 2 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.3% | 33.3% | 1 / 2 | 16.7 | 12.0 |
 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.1% | 100.0% | 1 / 2 | 17.0 | 9.0 |
 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.1% | 33.3% | 0 / 3 | 16.3 | 16.0 |
 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 19.0 | 12.0 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 19.0 | 11.0 |
 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5% | 50.0% | 1 / 1 | 18.0 | — |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5% | 100.0% | 1 / 0 | 19.0 | 16.0 |
 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1 / 0 | 18.0 | 10.0 |
 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3% | 100.0% | 1 / 0 | 18.0 | — |
 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0 / 1 | 15.0 | — |
Pick & ban FAQ
Quick answers about the The International 2015 draft meta.
Which hero is most contested in The International 2015?▾
Queen of Pain is the most contested hero in The International 2015 with a contest rate of 94.5% across 380 drafts.
Which hero is banned the most in The International 2015?▾
Undying leads the ban list with 222 bans (58.4% ban rate).
Which hero is picked the most in The International 2015?▾
Gyrocopter is the most picked hero with 183 picks across 380 drafts.
Which hero has the highest winrate in The International 2015?▾
Pudge posts the highest winrate at 80.0% (minimum 5 picks) across 5 games.
How many heroes have been seen in the The International 2015 draft?▾
104 unique heroes have appeared in The International 2015 drafts: 104 have been picked and 100 have been banned.
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