Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe wins the Axe vs Tidehunter matchup: Axe beats Tidehunter in 51.39% of 2,479 ranked matches.
Laning against Tidehunter can be frustrating for Axe. While Axe gets plenty of Counter Helix spins against a melee hero, Tidehunter's Kraken Shell purges off debuffs and blocks a lot of the incoming harass. Anchor Smash also weakens Axe's own attacks, making it very difficult to win trades decisively. Axe can certainly push Tidehunter out and control the creep wave, but securing an actual kill on him is a huge ask without help, letting Tide find his farm eventually.
Later on, this durability makes Tidehunter a poor target for Axe's Berserker's Call. Axe has to find a different hero to jump, leaving Tide free to land a counter-initiating Ravage. The outcome of a fight often depends on who gets the jump first and on the right target. If Axe can catch a squishy hero isolated from their team, he wins. If Tidehunter is nearby to punish the initiation, his team usually comes out ahead. It's a constant battle of vision and positioning from both offlaners.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Tidehunter 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 | 49.89% | 936 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.62% | 2,770 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.43% | 2,382 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.25% | 771 |
Axe's win rate against Tidehunter 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 | 51.39% | ▼ -0.2pp | 2,479 |
| 7.41d | 51.55% | ▼ -0.5pp | 238,583 |
| 7.41c | 52.05% | ▲ +1.9pp | 144,467 |
| 7.41b | 50.14% | — | 157,710 |
Move this data into a draft
Axe starts on Radiant and Tidehunter on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.