Lifestealer and Io are top guesses for the Compendium so far

Are you on target with your Compendium predictions? A quick overview about picks and bans statistics after the first two groups of The International Qualifier.
Part of The International Interactive Compendium is also bets on the most picked and banned heroes in the Western and Eastern qualifiers. The following is an update of the most picked and banned heroes in the 23 games of the Western qualifier so far..
Top 5 most picked heroesHeroesPicks (23 games) Lifestealer16 Gyrocopter14 Shadow Demon13 Rubick11 Nature's Prophet11
Lifestealer, Gyrocopter and Shadow Demon top picks
You've done well guessing one of the three heroes, Lifestealer, Gyrocopter or Shadow Demon for the most picked hero in the Western qualifier. Lifestealer is leading the board with 16 picks out of 23 games, followed by Gyrocopter and Shadow Demon with 14 and 13 picks respectively. Rubick and Nature's Prophet most likely will not surpass them any more.
Batrider and Io fighting for top ban position
The two top banned heroes are Batrider and Io. Going back and forth throughout the first few days, they have almost always been banned. After 23 games, Io is now leading the race with just one ban ahead. Whether or not Batrider will regain the lead as the top ban, we will have to find out in the next three days.
Batrider, Io and Lifestealer never ignored
Three heroes have been picked or banned 23 out of 23 times: Batrider and Lifestealer. They are closely followed by Magnus, Io and Shadow Demon with 20 or 22 picks or bans each.
Overall, 54 different heroes have been picked so far in the West Qualifier matches. With 98 heroes in the Captain's Mode pool, this gives us 44 heroes untouched so far.
(+/- Difference)Win-Loss-Difference Keeper of the Light+4 (5-1) Lone Druid+4 (7-3) Lifestealer+4 (10-6) Slark+3 (4-1) Most Successful Heroes
(Winning-%)Win-%
(min. 4 games) Keeper of the Light83% (5-1) Slark80% (4-1) Lone Druid70% (7-3) Juggernaut67% (4-2) Lifestealer63% (10-6)
KotL most successful
Although the data pool is very small, with only 23 games played, Keeper of the Light topped the chart as the most successful hero in the Western qualifier. The horseman is 5-1 in his games followed closely by Slark and Lone Druid, depending if you rate winning percentage or win-loss difference higher.
(+/- Difference)Win-Loss-Difference Nature's Prophet-5 (3-8) Queen of Pain-3 (0-3) Visage-2 (1-3) Gyrocopter-2 (6-8) Alchemist-2 (0-2) Anti-Mage-2 (0-2) Sand King-2 (0-2) Ursa-2 (0-2) Least Successful Heroes
(Winning-%)Win-%
(min. 4 games) Visage25% (1-3) Nature's Prophet27% (3-8) Lina40% (2-3) Magnus43% (3-4) Bane43% (3-4) Gyrocopter43% (6-8)
Nature's Prophet: Popular, but struggling
Nature's Prophet is popular with a lot of the TI3 West Qualifier teams, but he's currently struggling in performance. Just three of his games ended with a victory for him, in eight other games his own throne fell first. Suffering even more struggle is Queen of Pain. She was picked three times in total but still has not won a single game. Visage on the other hand, had the lowest winning percentage (25%) compared to heroes picked at least four times.
Remaining schedule TI3 West qualifier:
17 May: 3 games playoffs (Bo3s)
18 May: 2 games playoffs (Bo3s)
19 May: Deciding final match
Teams remaining in TI3 West qualifier
DD.Dota
RoX.KIS
Evil Geniuses
Mousesports
Compendium Betting Categories:
Most picked hero
Most banned hero
Hero with most first bloods
Hero with most deaths
Highest GPM in a single match
Number of heroes never picked or banned
Number of big comebacks (comeback is winning when you are 10.000+ gold behind)
Fastest Game
Number of games more than 60 minutes
Earliest Roshan kill
Earliest Tower kill
Rapiers Purchased
Refreshers Purchased
Largest single critical damage hit
Roshan Kills in a single game
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Special thanks to Dota Academy for pick and ban statistics raw data.