Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe wins the Axe vs Marci matchup: Axe beats Marci in 50.94% of 1,068 ranked matches.
Forcing Marci to attack during Berserker's Call is a nightmare for her. Her entire game plan revolves around isolating a target and unloading her Unleash combo, but Axe's taunt completely hijacks her ultimate. Instead of bursting a support, she's locked onto a target she can't kill, feeding him Counter Helix spins and taking massive return damage from Blade Mail. This dynamic invalidates her primary role in a teamfight. Beyond that direct counter, Axe naturally builds items that punish exactly the kind of physical, all-in aggression that Marci relies on. She simply has no good way to approach a fight when Axe is present, as his entire kit is designed to punish heroes like her.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Marci 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 | 54.92% | 508 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.29% | 1,123 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.49% | 918 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.93% | 381 |
Axe's win rate against Marci 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 | 50.94% | ▼ -3.5pp | 1,068 |
| 7.41d | 54.48% | ▼ -0.8pp | 97,165 |
| 7.41c | 55.26% | ▼ -0.1pp | 50,337 |
| 7.41b | 55.33% | — | 50,707 |
Move this data into a draft
Axe starts on Radiant and Marci on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.