Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast wins the Primal Beast vs Storm Spirit matchup: Primal Beast beats Storm Spirit in 50.48% of 3,116 ranked matches.
Locking down a Storm Spirit with Primal Beast is harder than it looks. A reactive Ball Lightning can dodge the Onslaught charge completely, leaving Beast out of position. Even if the charge connects, Storm can often zip away before Pulverize starts. Primal Beast is a big, telegraphed target, and Storm's whole kit is built to punish that. If Storm ever gets caught without mana or with his ultimate on cooldown, he dies instantly. The whole fight revolves around whether Primal Beast can force that mistake.
This dynamic creates a game of cat and mouse. Primal Beast is stronger in the early lane, using Uproar stacks to bully Storm Spirit and control the runes. Once Storm gets his core items and ultimate, however, he can farm the map much more safely and apply pressure that Beast can't easily match. Primal Beast has to rely on his team's lockdown or a surprise smoke gank to find his opening, while Storm tries to stay mobile and pick off weaker targets. Neither hero can comfortably force an advantage on their own.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Primal Beast'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 | Primal Beast win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 47.62% | 147 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.29% | 350 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.04% | 316 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.87% | 160 |
Primal Beast'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 | Primal Beast win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.48% | ▼ -0.5pp | 3,116 |
| 7.41d | 50.98% | ▲ +1.8pp | 39,337 |
| 7.41c | 49.23% | ▼ -3.0pp | 21,573 |
| 7.41b | 52.18% | — | 21,048 |
Move this data into a draft
Primal Beast 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 17, 2026.