Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pudge wins the Axe vs Pudge matchup: Pudge beats Axe in 53.28% of 66,890 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 | 47.97% | 3,667 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.44% | 11,099 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.11% | 8,195 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.20% | 2,693 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.72% | ▼ -2.6pp | 66,890 |
| 7.41d | 49.29% | ▼ -1.5pp | 801,520 |
| 7.41c | 50.81% | ▲ +0.7pp | 351,099 |
| 7.41b | 50.15% | — | 304,514 |
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 Aug 17, 2026.