How Axe and Beastmaster perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Beastmaster win 46.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,349 matches.
Catching a target with Primal Roar can push them out of position for a follow-up Berserker's Call. This overlap points to the main issue: Axe and Beastmaster want to do the same job. Both are frontliners who need a Blink Dagger to initiate fights and control the mid-game tempo. Running them together often means you have two heroes filling the exact same role, which can leave your draft feeling inflexible and short on other tools, like sustained damage or defensive support. The game plan feels redundant, making it hard to build a lead based on their specific hero combination.
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 | 51.93% | 181 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.31% | 413 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.97% | 239 |
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 | 46.45% | ▲ +0.0pp | 2,349 |
| 7.41d | 46.41% | ▼ -1.0pp | 35,245 |
| 7.41c | 47.43% | ▼ -2.8pp | 25,290 |
| 7.41b | 50.20% | — | 48,041 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.