Kez — hero grid for mains

Kez is what the game calls the hero in every client; Russian-speaking players say “Кез”. The site's dictionary has no English nickname for Kez — people just type the name.

The hero's line in Valve's list reads: “Flexible melee master with two sets of weapons and abilities”.

Search in the hero picker is forgiving: “Kez”, “Кез” — each of them lands on Kez.

A melee Agility hero — one of 35 — Kez gets 3 of 3 on Valve's complexity scale, one of only 13 heroes at the top level.

Valve's roles for Kez, rated 1 to 3: Carry ●●●, Escape ●●○, Disabler ●○○ — maxed out: Carry.

By attributes puts Kez in the “AGILITY” (35th of 35) block; By complexity — in the “HARD” (7th of 13) band.

Two positions for Kez: carry (1) first, mid (2) second, both with a score of 0.5 or more (1 and 0.55). The site's position scores (best = 1) are carry 1 · mid 0.55 · offlane 0.03 · soft support 0 · hard support 0, so Pick by stats puts the hero into the “1 · CARRY” and “2 · MID” rows only.

Where the scores come from: in 1,054 parsed OpenDota matches (data as of 23 Sept 2026) Kez went safe lane 67% of the time, mid 30% and offlane 2%. Median gold per minute is 565 — core-level gold on the site's scale (540 and up); experience per minute is 794.

The rows of Classic: positions 1–5 hold the 18 most played heroes each and Kez is not among them; there are two free slots per row, so drop the hero into “1 · CARRY” yourself.

Quickly, the rest of the practical templates for Kez: 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 Kez first in MAINS with the biggest portraits, next to Riki, Slark and Monkey King: all three share the same main position (carry), the same attribute and melee attack.

Then it is “Download grid” and hero_grid_config.json into Steam\userdata\<number>\570\remote\cfg while Dota is closed; load your current file in the “Your grid is ready” window and your old grids stay (install guide).

In the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026 Kez shows up in 191,796 games (86th most played of 127) and wins 45.1% of them (122nd).

The win rate is flat across brackets — 45.9% low, 44.6% high. Kez's share of games is 24% above its average at Divine and 8% below at Crusader.

Kez in the snapshot's pro matches: 16 picks, 7 wins, 15 bans. Turbo: 123,799 games at 44.3%, about the same as in ranked brackets.

For a grid with a Kez 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 carry, the closest to Kez are Monkey King, Phantom Assassin and Faceless Void — their dot drawings are ready for a carry grid.