Bane — hero grid for mains
Everything for a grid built around Bane: hard support (5), places in the site's ready layouts, OpenDota numbers as of 23 Sept 2026 and a grid with Bane already in Mains.
In-game name and nicknames
Every Dota client, Russian included, shows the name Bane. The site's dictionary has no English nickname for Bane — people just type the name. On Russian servers you will hear “Бейн” (or “бэйн”).
Valve sums the hero up in one line: “Puts his enemies to sleep, incapacitating them”.
The site's “Choose a hero” window finds Bane by either “Bane” or “Бейн”.
Attribute, attack and roles
Bane is a Universal hero (22 of them in the game), ranged, complexity 2 of 3 by Valve's rating.
Valve's roles for Bane, rated 1 to 3: Disabler ●●●, Support ●●○, Nuker ●○○, Durable ●○○ — maxed out: Disabler.
By attributes puts Bane in the “UNIVERSAL” (1st of 22) block; By complexity — in the “MEDIUM” (2nd of 59) band.
Positions and lanes
The main position for Bane is hard support (5); less often the hero shows up as soft support (score 0.35). The site's position scores (best = 1) are carry 0 · mid 0.02 · offlane 0 · soft support 0.35 · hard support 1, so Pick by stats puts the hero into the “5 · HARD SUPPORT” row only.
| Position | Score |
|---|---|
| 1 · Carry | 0 |
| 2 · Mid | 0.02 |
| 3 · Offlane | 0 |
| 4 · Soft support | 0.35 |
| 5 · Hard support | 1 |
Where the scores come from: in 1,225 parsed OpenDota matches (data as of 23 Sept 2026) Bane went safe lane 71% of the time, mid 6% and offlane 23%. Median gold per minute is 320 — pure support gold on the site's scale (360 or less); experience per minute is 524.
Where to put the hero in your grid
The positions layout is ready-made: Classic: positions 1–5 puts Bane in “5 · HARD SUPPORT” (14th of 18).
Other ready grids with Bane: not in Meta by stats (ten heroes per position); not in Two columns (44 cores and 44 supports).
The “Make a grid with Bane” button opens Mains + situational with Bane first in the MAINS block, followed by Dazzle, Io and Witch Doctor — all three share the same main position (hard support) and ranged attack.
To get the grid into the game, press “Download grid” and, with Dota closed, put hero_grid_config.json into Steam → userdata → account number → 570 → remote → cfg — details in how to install a hero grid.
OpenDota stats, 23 Sept 2026
Win rate 49.5% for Bane (70th of 127) over 153,842 games in the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026; by games played that is 100th.
Results climb with rank, from 48.3% at Herald–Crusader to 50.5% at Ancient–Divine. Bane's share of games is 30% above its average at Divine and 6% below at Legend.
| Rank | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|
| Herald | 4,106 | 46.8% |
| Guardian | 13,260 | 48.2% |
| Crusader | 23,422 | 48.6% |
| Archon | 32,850 | 49.5% |
| Legend | 34,342 | 49.5% |
| Ancient | 24,085 | 50.2% |
| Divine | 21,777 | 50.9% |
Bane in the snapshot's pro matches: 16 picks, 7 wins, 15 bans. Turbo: 64,567 games at 47.3%, worse than in ranked brackets.
Drawing the hero in your grid
Main in a skin covers arcanas and personas only, and Bane has none there yet; to draw the hero anyway, upload any art to Picture to dots. Among the heroes with skins that are also played as hard support, the closest to Bane are Crystal Maiden, Ogre Magi and Vengeful Spirit — their dot drawings are ready for a hard support grid.
Questions and answers
Can I make Bane big in my grid?
Yes: the MAINS block in Mains + situational has the biggest portraits, and “Make a grid with Bane” puts the hero there first.
What position is Bane?
By the site's scores — hard support (5); scores are carry 0 · mid 0.02 · offlane 0 · soft support 0.35 · hard support 1, and Pick by stats puts a hero into a row from 0.5.