How Alchemist and Beastmaster perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Beastmaster win 41.95% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,366 matches.
Playing against this pair can feel like a race against the clock. The ideal plan is for Beastmaster to dominate his lane with summons, creating pressure and space across the map. This gives Alchemist the room he needs to build a huge gold lead with Greevil's Greed. For specific kills, Beastmaster's Primal Roar provides a perfect, long-duration setup for a fully charged Unstable Concoction. This combination of map pressure and gank potential seems strong on paper, forcing opponents to constantly react.
In practice, the duo's timings can conflict. Beastmaster wants to leverage his early power spike to group up and take towers, but Alchemist often needs to farm alone to maximize his item advantage. This can leave Beastmaster's team fighting at a disadvantage, unable to capitalize on the pressure he creates. If their early aggression fails, the entire strategy can fall apart, as both heroes rely on snowballing to win and don't offer great defensive tools if they fall behind. This tension between grouping to push and splitting to farm is often why the pairing doesn't quite line up.
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 | 32.03% | 128 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.70% | 270 |
| Legend & Ancient | 34.32% | 169 |
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 | 41.95% | ▲ +0.2pp | 1,366 |
| 7.41d | 41.74% | ▼ -1.2pp | 22,403 |
| 7.41c | 42.98% | ▼ -5.2pp | 21,646 |
| 7.41b | 48.17% | — | 61,013 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.