How Arc Warden and Axe perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Arc Warden and Axe win 51.16% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,038 matches.
Thinking of Arc Warden as a hero who only split-pushes misses why this combination is so strong. Axe provides the one thing Arc Warden's Tempest Double craves: a stationary, clumped-up group of enemies. A good Berserker's Call lets both the main hero and his clone unload a full rotation of spells and items without any risk. Axe can even be buffed by Magnetic Field as he jumps in, making him incredibly difficult to kill during the taunt. The follow-up control and damage from two sources is simply overwhelming for any team to deal with.
The pairing turns Axe's standard initiation into a complete fight-ender. He no longer needs to hope for enough follow-up damage; Arc Warden provides it twice over from a safe distance. This forces the enemy team into an impossible choice. If they group up, they die to the Call and Double combination. If they spread out, they become easy pick-offs for either hero across the map. Their only real chance is to find and burst the real Arc Warden before a fight begins, but with Axe acting as a frontline bodyguard, that's a very difficult task to pull off.
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 | 52.19% | 479 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.57% | 1,226 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.80% | 832 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.77% | 226 |
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 | 51.16% | ▼ -3.7pp | 1,038 |
| 7.41d | 54.91% | ▼ -0.3pp | 84,894 |
| 7.41c | 55.19% | ▲ +1.6pp | 34,837 |
| 7.41b | 53.59% | — | 34,735 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.