How Alchemist and Axe perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Axe win 42.51% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 875 matches.
Creating a faster tempo for the whole team is the goal here. Axe naturally creates a ton of pressure by cutting waves and threatening towers, which forces enemies to react to him. This gives Alchemist the space he needs to farm up his core items with Greevil's Greed without being constantly harassed. In return, Alchemist can accelerate Axe's own game by gifting him an Aghanim's Scepter. That scepter makes Axe's Berserker's Call initiations much stronger by giving him a big armor boost, helping him survive long enough to find a Culling Blade target and turn the fight. It's a solid give-and-take that helps both cores hit their timings.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 58.58% | 338 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.93% | 1,071 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.19% | 894 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.66% | 256 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 42.51% | ▼ -7.8pp | 875 |
| 7.41d | 50.32% | ▼ -0.7pp | 94,797 |
| 7.41c | 51.05% | ▼ -2.5pp | 73,027 |
| 7.41b | 53.56% | — | 114,822 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.