Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker wins the Axe vs Dawnbreaker matchup: Dawnbreaker beats Axe in 52.14% of 2,825 ranked matches.
Choosing between these two offlaners often depends on the type of initiation your draft needs. Axe brings the definitive lockdown of Berserker's Call, which is ideal for isolating a target and will immediately cancel Dawnbreaker's Starbreaker if she's caught mid-combo. This can neutralize a huge part of her teamfight damage. On the other hand, Dawnbreaker's global presence with Solar Guardian allows her to punish Axe's aggression from anywhere on the map, turning his ganks into losing fights for his own team. In a head-to-head lane, their natural tankiness and sustain mean neither hero can easily bully the other out, making this a true toss-up.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Dawnbreaker 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 | 53.07% | 765 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.84% | 2,725 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.43% | 2,929 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.84% | 1,123 |
Axe's win rate against Dawnbreaker 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 | 47.86% | ▼ -2.4pp | 2,825 |
| 7.41d | 50.29% | ▼ -0.5pp | 252,889 |
| 7.41c | 50.76% | ▲ +2.0pp | 154,601 |
| 7.41b | 48.81% | — | 114,503 |
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Axe starts on Radiant and Dawnbreaker on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.