Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Pudge wins the Axe vs Pudge matchup: Pudge beats Axe in 52.55% of 214,131 ranked matches.
Catching Pudge mid-Dismember with Berserker's Call can completely reverse a gank, forcing his entire team to focus Axe instead of securing a kill. The fight really comes down to which initiator gets the jump. If Pudge lands a good hook from fog, Axe can be disabled and burst down before he has a chance to react. Both heroes excel at forcing fights around a single target in the mid-game. Axe wants to blink onto a group, while Pudge looks for the long-range pickoff. Success for either hero depends heavily on which team has better vision and can dictate the terms of the engagement first.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Pudge 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 | 44.35% | 1,921 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.08% | 7,823 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.39% | 7,307 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.59% | 2,011 |
Axe's win rate against Pudge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 47.45% | ▲ +0.1pp | 214,131 |
| 7.41e | 47.32% | ▼ -2.0pp | 723,337 |
| 7.41d | 49.29% | ▼ -1.5pp | 801,520 |
| 7.41c | 50.81% | — | 351,099 |
Move this data into a draft
Axe starts on Radiant and Pudge on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.