How Anti-Mage and Axe perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Axe win 49.95% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,183 matches.
Creating the space for a hard carry to farm is what this pairing is all about. Axe is a menace from the very start of the game, constantly looking for fights and forcing enemies to react to him. His aggression with Berserker's Call pulls multiple heroes to his location, which is perfect for an Anti-Mage who wants the opposite side of the map to himself. While the enemy team is busy trying to contain a spinning Axe, Anti-Mage gets the free lanes and jungle camps he needs to accelerate his farm and hit his item timings.
The game plan is straightforward. Early on, Axe makes the plays while Anti-Mage focuses entirely on his own economy. The enemy team faces a difficult choice: commit resources to stop Axe's push, or try to hunt down a mobile Anti-Mage who can Blink away from ganks. If the enemy can’t shut down Anti-Mage early, they will eventually have to deal with two major threats. Axe can initiate and control teamfights, leaving a fully-farmed Anti-Mage to blink in and clean up the aftermath.
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 | 54.35% | 1,516 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.65% | 4,171 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.57% | 2,733 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.46% | 654 |
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 | 49.95% | ▼ -3.2pp | 3,183 |
| 7.41d | 53.15% | ▼ -0.1pp | 321,148 |
| 7.41c | 53.28% | ▲ +0.5pp | 154,441 |
| 7.41b | 52.76% | — | 133,679 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.