Meta Report: How Heroes Changed at PREMIER SERIES After Patch 7.41

PREMIER SERIES has come to an end. PARIVISION became the tournament champions, while CyberScore compiled the final statistics of the event.

It is worth noting that the online tournament was played on the new Patch 7.41, and the meta has significantly changed compared to ESL One Birmingham 2026, whose statistics can be found here.

Shadow Demon and Leshrac dropped out of the meta, while Phoenix, Bristleback, and Batrider became the most popular heroes, each being picked or banned more than 80 times across 94 matches.

The new update strengthened many supports, and for the first time in a long while, Rubick returned to the meta. He was the most picked hero, appearing in 48 matches. Tusk and Hoodwink followed with 34 picks each, remaining stable choices. Meanwhile, former top-tier picks Shadow Shaman and Jakiro disappeared from the meta.

Batrider, Doom, and Alchemist were the most banned heroes, as after the removal of facets they gained strong innate abilities and pose a major threat in team play.

Muerta recorded the highest win rate — she won 65.52% of her 29 games. The second place goes to the most popular hero of the tournament, Phoenix, while Slardar rounds out the top three with a 60.00% win rate.

Notably, it was on Slardar that Natus Vincere offlaner Yuriy pma Proc set a KDA record during the closed qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 29, finishing a match with a 12-0-29 score.

At the same time, Tidehunter, who was among the top heroes by win rate at ESL One Birmingham 2026, became the worst-performing hero after the new patch. Across 33 games, he managed to win only 39%. Beastmaster and Monkey King were also among the weakest heroes.

A total of 18 heroes were ignored during the online tournament: Arc Warden, Broodmother, Chaos Knight, Elder Titan, Magnus, Nyx Assassin, Omniknight, Outworld Destroyer, Riki, Silencer, Spectre, Sven, Tinker, Vengeful Spirit, Visage, Witch Doctor, Wraith King, and Zeus.

It is also worth highlighting the win rate of the Radiant side, which significantly exceeded that of Dire. Some analysts note that this gap is due to changes in creep spawn positions on the lanes. It has become easier to control lanes on the Radiant side, which affected the win rate.

Special attention should be given to the longest and shortest matches of the tournament. Both occurred in a single series between GamerLegion and VP.Prodigy: the first game lasted 73 minutes, while the second ended in just 15 minutes. GamerLegion won the series and also won all of their matches in the group stage.

PREMIER SERIES took place from 01.04.2026 to 11.04.2026 in an online format. Twelve teams competed for a $100,000 prize pool. You can follow the tournament in our report.

Earlier, CyberScore reported on all roster changes during the closed qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 29.