This document analyzes hero pick/ban statistics from competitive Dota 2 games in April. It lists 44 heroes and their percentage of times picked, banned, and picked or banned. The most popular heroes were Lycan (picked 12.7% of the time, banned 87.3% of the time, for a total of 100% picked or banned), Ember Spirit (29.4% pick rate, 66.4% ban rate, 95.8% total), and Invoker (41.2% pick rate, 53.4% ban rate, 94.6% total). The least popular heroes were Legion Commander, Terrorblade, Huskar, Necrophos, and Ogre Magi, which

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Name Pick % Ban % Pick or Ban % Times Picked
Lycan 12.7 87.3 100 54
Ember Spirit 29.4 66.4 95.8 125
Invoker 41.2 53.4 94.6 175
Batrider 40.9 50.8 91.8 174
Ancient Apparition 44.5 44.9 89.4 189
Centaur Warrunner 45.4 36.9 82.4 193
Dazzle 41.9 29.6 71.5 178
Naga Siren 20.5 48 68.5 87
Nyx Assassin 30.8 32.9 63.8 131
Mirana 38.1 20.9 59.1 162
Shadow Shaman 38.8 17.9 56.7 165
Doom 25.6 29.2 54.8 109
Rubick 36.9 16.5 53.4 157
Puck 26.1 24 50.1 111
Natures Prophet 22.4 27.5 49.9 95
Luna 20.2 22.8 43.1 86
Sand King 27.8 12 39.8 118
Visage 17.9 20.9 38.8 76
Chen 19.8 18.4 38.1 84
Storm Spirit 12 24.7 36.7 51
Lifestealer 14.1 19.1 33.2 60
Bane 18.6 12.7 31.3 79
Clockwerk 16.5 14.1 30.6 70
Dark Seer 15.8 14.1 29.9 67
Shadow Demon 15.5 12.2 27.8 66
Venomancer 11.5 13.6 25.2 49
Treant Protector 13.4 11.5 24.9 57
Enchantress 10.1 14.6 24.7 43
Templar Assassin 11.5 12.5 24 49
Slark 9.4 14.6 24 40
Disruptor 12 9.6 21.6 51
Weaver 10.8 10.6 21.4 46
Spectre 8 12.7 20.7 34
Morphling 11.1 8.7 19.8 47
Viper 10.8 8.7 19.5 46
Io 7.1 10.8 17.9 30
Vengeful Spirit 13.6 3.5 17.2 58
Wraith King 11.5 4.7 16.2 49
Shadow Fiend 8.5 7.8 16.2 36
Timbersaw 9.9 5.4 15.3 42
Outworld Devourer 6.4 7.3 13.6 27
Enigma 7.8 5.2 12.9 33
Crystal Maiden 9.6 3.3 12.9 41
Tinker 6.1 6.6 12.7 26
Dragon Knight 7.3 4.2 11.5 31
Clinkz 4.7 6.6 11.3 20
Faceless Void 4.7 6.4 11.1 20
Axe 7.1 3.8 10.8 30

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Abaddon 5.6 5.2 10.8 24
Slardar 7.3 3.5 10.8 31
Death Prophet 5.9 4 9.9 25
Earthshaker 4.9 3.1 8 21
Lone Druid 3.5 4.2 7.8 15
Leshrac 5.4 1.9 7.3 23
Lich 4.5 2.6 7.1 19
Drow Ranger 2.8 3.5 6.4 12
Alchemist 4.9 1.2 6.1 21
Tiny 5.6 0.2 5.9 24
Elder Titan 3.5 2.1 5.6 15
Brewmaster 2.6 1.6 4.2 11
Magnus 3.1 1.2 4.2 13
Queen of Pain 3.1 1.2 4.2 13
Bristleback 2.4 1.9 4.2 10
Silencer 3.5 0.5 4 15
Bounty Hunter 2.8 1.2 4 12
Gyrocopter 2.1 1.6 3.8 9
Lion 3.8 0 3.8 16
Tidehunter 3.1 0.2 3.3 13
Pugna 1.6 1.4 3.1 7
Windranger 3.1 0 3.1 13
Beastmaster 2.1 0.9 3.1 9
Anti Mage 1.4 1.2 2.6 6
Razor 1.9 0.7 2.6 8
Juggernaut 2.4 0.2 2.6 10
Witch Doctor 1.9 0.5 2.4 8
Sniper 2.1 0.2 2.4 9
Night Stalker 1.4 0.9 2.4 6
Tusk 2.1 0 2.1 9
Meepo 1.4 0.2 1.6 6
Chaos Knight 1.4 0.2 1.6 6
Phantom Lancer 1.4 0.2 1.6 6
Jakiro 1.4 0.2 1.6 6
Kunkka 0.9 0.2 1.2 4
Zeus 0.9 0.2 1.2 4
Ursa 0.7 0.5 1.2 3
Keeper of the Light 0.7 0.2 0.9 3
Skywrath Mage 0.7 0 0.7 3
Bloodseeker 0.5 0 0.5 2
Undying 0.2 0.2 0.5 1
Riki 0.2 0.2 0.5 1
Sven 0.5 0 0.5 2
Omniknight 0.2 0.2 0.5 1
Pudge 0.5 0 0.5 2
Troll Warlord 0.5 0 0.5 2
Warlock 0.2 0 0.2 1
Medusa 0.2 0 0.2 1
Spirit Breaker 0.2 0 0.2 1

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Phantom Assassin 0.2 0 0.2 1
Legion Commander 0 0 0 0
Terrorblade 0 0 0 0
Huskar 0 0 0 0
Necrophos 0 0 0 0
Ogre Magi 0 0 0 0
Earth Spirit 0 0 0 0
Broodmother 0 0 0 0
Lina 0 0 0 0
Phoenix 0 0 0 0

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Times Banned Times Picked or Banned
371 425
282 407
227 402
216 390
191 380
157 350
126 304
204 291
140 271
89 251
76 241
124 233
70 227
102 213
117 212
97 183
51 169
89 165
78 162
105 156
81 141
54 133
60 130
60 127
52 118
58 107
49 106
62 105
53 102
62 102
41 92
45 91
54 88
37 84
37 83
46 76
15 73
20 69
33 69
23 65
31 58
22 55
14 55
28 54
18 49
28 48
27 47
16 46

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22 46
15 46
17 42
13 34
18 33
8 31
11 30
15 27
5 26
1 25
9 24
7 18
5 18
5 18
8 18
2 17
5 17
7 16
0 16
1 14
6 13
0 13
4 13
5 11
3 11
1 11
2 10
1 10
4 10
0 9
1 7
1 7
1 7
1 7
1 5
1 5
2 5
1 4
0 3
0 2
1 2
1 2
0 2
1 2
0 2
0 2
0 1
0 1
0 1

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0 0
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