Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe wins the Axe vs Storm Spirit matchup: Axe beats Storm Spirit in 58.67% of 1,660 ranked matches.
Playing as Storm Spirit against an Axe is a nightmare. Your entire kit is built around zipping in with Ball Lightning for a quick kill and zipping back out, but Axe completely shuts that down. A Blink Dagger into Berserker's Call is an instant lockdown that you have no way to dodge once you've committed. Even if you see him coming, the initiation is too fast to react to. Once you're taunted, you can't escape and are forced to eat Counter Helix spins, making you an easy target for Axe's whole team. Culling Blade then secures the kill if you somehow survive the initial burst. It forces Storm to play incredibly passively.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Storm Spirit 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 | 63.03% | 641 |
| Crusader & Archon | 59.49% | 1,849 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.39% | 1,635 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.99% | 634 |
Axe's win rate against Storm Spirit 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 | 58.67% | ▲ +2.2pp | 1,660 |
| 7.41d | 56.45% | ▼ -0.2pp | 187,673 |
| 7.41c | 56.63% | ▼ -0.4pp | 100,917 |
| 7.41b | 57.05% | — | 75,951 |
Move this data into a draft
Axe starts on Radiant and Storm Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.