Best Soft Support Heroes — Dota 2 Soft Support Tier List

The 45 soft support heroes worth playing right now, ranked from S to D tier by how they actually perform in the soft support role in Divine and Immortal ranked matches.

How the tiers work

Tiers are rebuilt every two days from STRATZ data covering Divine and Immortal ranked matches in the current patch window — lower brackets play a different game, so they are left out. Each hero is scored mainly on win rate in the role, with a smaller weight for how often it is picked — a popular hero with a strong win rate is proven, a 0.5% pick is a niche. Heroes picked in fewer than 1% of games for the role are not ranked. S = top 10%, A = next 20%, B = next 30%, C = next 25%, D = bottom 15%.

Full rankings

#	Hero	Win rate	Pick rate	Games	Counters
SMeta-defining· 4
1	Bounty Hunter	54.8%	8.3%	10,107	Bounty Hunter counters
2	Nyx Assassin	54.5%	8.7%	10,550	Nyx Assassin counters
3	Mirana	53.1%	9.4%	11,435	Mirana counters
4	Spirit Breaker	52.2%	12.1%	14,719	Spirit Breaker counters
AStrong· 9
5	Grimstroke	53.1%	3.8%	4,627	Grimstroke counters
6	Lich	53.1%	2.9%	3,544	Lich counters
7	Invoker	52.4%	3.5%	4,232	Invoker counters
8	Zeus	51.5%	5.5%	6,655	Zeus counters
9	Lion	50.7%	7.4%	9,009	Lion counters
10	Vengeful Spirit	52.8%	1.8%	2,180	Vengeful Spirit counters
11	Earthshaker	50.6%	5.6%	6,797	Earthshaker counters
12	Shadow Shaman	51.1%	4.0%	4,814	Shadow Shaman counters
13	Rubick	48.3%	16.7%	20,331	Rubick counters
BSolid· 14
14	Phoenix	51.4%	2.5%	3,091	Phoenix counters
15	Snapfire	49.9%	4.8%	5,817	Snapfire counters
16	Dark Willow	49.6%	5.5%	6,638	Dark Willow counters
17	Pudge	48.4%	11.1%	13,429	Pudge counters
18	Silencer	50.1%	2.7%	3,286	Silencer counters
19	Skywrath Mage	48.7%	6.0%	7,247	Skywrath Mage counters
20	Ancient Apparition	50.4%	2.2%	2,697	Ancient Apparition counters
21	Tusk	49.6%	3.4%	4,155	Tusk counters
22	Witch Doctor	49.6%	3.1%	3,719	Witch Doctor counters
23	Ogre Magi	49.5%	2.6%	3,205	Ogre Magi counters
24	Crystal Maiden	49.6%	2.4%	2,870	Crystal Maiden counters
25	Oracle	50.6%	1.1%	1,306	Oracle counters
26	Disruptor	49.2%	2.2%	2,689	Disruptor counters
27	Earth Spirit	49.0%	2.3%	2,813	Earth Spirit counters
CSituational· 11
28	Winter Wyvern	49.3%	1.9%	2,273	Winter Wyvern counters
29	Ring Master	48.6%	2.7%	3,304	Ring Master counters
30	Windranger	46.8%	6.9%	8,436	Windranger counters
31	Pugna	49.2%	1.6%	1,897	Pugna counters
32	Undying	47.7%	3.6%	4,426	Undying counters
33	Weaver	49.2%	1.5%	1,843	Weaver counters
34	Hoodwink	45.9%	8.0%	9,714	Hoodwink counters
35	Tiny	48.5%	1.7%	2,040	Tiny counters
36	Magnus	47.9%	2.0%	2,455	Magnus counters
37	Gyrocopter	48.1%	1.6%	1,979	Gyrocopter counters
38	Clockwerk	47.5%	1.7%	2,045	Clockwerk counters
DWeak right now· 7
39	Jakiro	46.6%	1.5%	1,872	Jakiro counters
40	Keeper of the Light	47.0%	1.1%	1,371	Keeper of the Light counters
41	Lina	47.0%	1.0%	1,242	Lina counters
42	Venomancer	45.7%	1.7%	2,040	Venomancer counters
43	Sniper	45.8%	1.2%	1,513	Sniper counters
44	Marci	45.2%	1.5%	1,766	Marci counters
45	Nature's Prophet	43.9%	1.6%	1,917	Nature's Prophet counters