Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe wins the Axe vs Batrider matchup: Axe beats Batrider in 56.66% of 2,990 ranked matches.
Trying to drag a target away with Flaming Lasso feels awful when Axe is on the other team. He can wait for you to commit and then use Berserker's Call on you and your victim. This completely stops the pull, forcing everyone caught to attack him instead. Batrider’s whole initiation plan is ruined on the spot. With a Blade Mail active, Axe turns this failed gank into a winning fight for his own team by reflecting all that forced damage back. It's a fundamental counter to Batrider's main objective.
Once Axe gets his Blink Dagger, his job becomes simple: shadow his important teammates and dare the Batrider to start a fight. Any attempt to Lasso a key core can be instantly punished. This forces the Batrider to either find pickoffs on isolated supports or use his ultimate on Axe himself, which is rarely a good trade. Batrider has to play perfectly around Axe's vision and cooldowns, while Axe gets to nullify his opponent’s biggest strength by simply existing near the fight.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Batrider in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Axe win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 61.49% | 174 |
| Crusader & Archon | 59.96% | 462 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.14% | 350 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.85% | 143 |
Axe's win rate against Batrider in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Axe win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 56.66% | ▼ -2.1pp | 2,990 |
| 7.41d | 58.81% | ▲ +0.8pp | 43,239 |
| 7.41c | 58.05% | ▲ +6.1pp | 23,287 |
| 7.41b | 51.91% | — | 42,716 |
Move this data into a draft
Axe starts on Radiant and Batrider on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.