Batrider — hero grid for mains

The in-game name is Batrider — the same in the English and the Russian client. Short names for Batrider you will see in chat: “bat”. Russian-speaking players say “Бэтрайдер” (or “бэт”, “бет” and “батрайдер”).

Valve's one-line description from the hero list: “Can lasso an enemy away from his team”.

Search in the hero picker is forgiving: “Batrider”, “Бэтрайдер”, “bat” — each of them lands on Batrider.

Batrider: Universal attribute, shared with 21 other heroes; ranged attack; Valve rates the complexity medium, 2 of 3.

Role dots from Valve: Initiator ●●●, Disabler ●●○, Escape ●○○; full marks for Initiator.

In the ready layouts that means the “UNIVERSAL” (10th of 22) block of By attributes and the “MEDIUM” (3rd of 59) band of By complexity.

Batrider is soft support (4) first of all, with mid at 0.32 as the fallback. All five scores (best = 1): carry 0 · mid 0.32 · offlane 0.22 · soft support 1 · hard support 0.15 — which is why the editor's Auto-pick places Batrider in the “4 · SUPPORT” row and nowhere else.

Where the scores come from: in 351 parsed OpenDota matches (data as of 23 Sept 2026) Batrider went safe lane 8% of the time, mid 37% and offlane 55%. Median gold per minute is 381 — between support (360) and core (540), a supportness of 0.79 by the site's formula; experience per minute is 596.

Batrider is not in Classic: positions 1–5, which holds the 18 most popular heroes per position, but each row fits 20 portraits — add Batrider to the “4 · SUPPORT” row with “+ Hero” and the portraits keep their size.

Other ready grids with Batrider: not in Meta by stats (ten heroes per position); not in Two columns (44 cores and 44 supports).

For a main, the handiest layout is Mains + situational: the button above puts Batrider first in MAINS with the biggest portraits, next to Enigma, Nyx Assassin and Snapfire: all three share the same main position (soft support) and the same attribute.

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.

Batrider has 43,805 games in the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026, Herald to Divine — 126th of 127 by games played — and a 44.6% win rate, 124th of 127.

The higher the rank, the better: 43.8% at Herald–Crusader, 46.1% at Ancient–Divine. Players pick Batrider more than usual at Divine (+18%) and less at Legend (−8%).

Batrider in the snapshot's pro matches: 3 picks, 0 wins, 0 bans. Turbo: 32,071 games at 40.9%, worse than in ranked brackets.

For a grid with a Batrider portrait, bring your own art: Picture to dots draws it in dots right on the field. Among the heroes with skins that are also played as soft support, the closest to Batrider are Techies, Windranger and Rubick — their dot drawings are ready for a soft support grid.