Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow wins the Dark Willow vs Primal Beast matchup: Dark Willow beats Primal Beast in 50.72% of 2,088 ranked matches.
A charging Primal Beast often gets stopped dead by a well-placed Bramble Maze, which really sets the tone for this matchup. Dark Willow has several tools to keep her distance and control him from afar, like Cursed Crown and Terrorize. She can completely negate his initiation if she sees it coming. On the other hand, if Primal Beast manages to close the gap, his Uproar makes him tough enough to survive her burst. From there, Pulverize is all he needs to lock her down and finish the job. Neither hero really shuts the other down, making fights between them very dependent on who gets the jump and which key spells are off cooldown.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow's win rate against Primal Beast 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 | Dark Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 54.47% | 123 |
| Crusader & Archon | 58.58% | 268 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.96% | 242 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.23% | 130 |
Dark Willow's win rate against Primal Beast in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dark Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.72% | ▲ +0.3pp | 2,088 |
| 7.41d | 50.37% | ▼ -0.0pp | 24,480 |
| 7.41c | 50.41% | ▲ +2.7pp | 11,857 |
| 7.41b | 47.71% | — | 14,646 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow starts on Radiant and Primal Beast on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.