Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe wins the Axe vs Chen matchup: Axe beats Chen in 52.32% of 151 ranked matches.
Trying to swarm Axe with a full set of creeps feels like it should work, but it's a huge mistake. Axe's dream scenario is having lots of enemies hitting him at once. Berserker's Call forces Chen's entire army to attack, and every single hit has a chance to trigger a Counter Helix spin. The creeps get shredded in an instant, denying Chen his pushing power and leaving him vulnerable. Culling Blade also makes it easy for Axe to finish off Chen's valuable high-health units, or Chen himself. It's the inverse of why they function so well on a team: Axe loves a crowd, and Chen provides one for free.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Chen 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 62.14% | 140 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.49% | 129 |
Axe's win rate against Chen 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 | 52.32% | ▼ -5.3pp | 151 |
| 7.41d | 57.61% | ▼ -0.1pp | 12,155 |
| 7.41c | 57.67% | ▲ +0.6pp | 7,369 |
| 7.41b | 57.02% | — | 7,277 |
Move this data into a draft
Axe starts on Radiant and Chen on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.