How Axe and Bloodseeker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Bloodseeker win 53.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 797 matches.
Controlling the map with this pair comes down to their combined lockdown and chase. Axe provides the perfect setup with Berserker's Call, holding an enemy in place for a guaranteed Blood Rite from Bloodseeker. If the target survives the initial burst, Axe's Battle Hunger can keep them low enough to fuel Thirst, giving your team global vision of them and the speed to run them down. Rupture adds to the trap; if the enemy tries to reposition to escape the Call, they're punished, and if they stand still for Rupture, Axe can Call them anyway.
This dynamic lets you set the tempo from the mid-game onward. A successful gank on one hero often snowballs into more kills as Thirst reveals other weak targets across the map. The enemy team is forced to play defensively and group up, ceding farm and map control. Their main counterplay is to five-man early and try to burst Axe before he gets a good initiation, or have saves to break a teammate out of the initial lockdown. Otherwise, your team can easily convert pickoffs into towers and other objectives.
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 | 59.71% | 613 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.26% | 1,064 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.98% | 633 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.31% | 128 |
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 | 53.32% | ▼ -1.8pp | 797 |
| 7.41d | 55.10% | ▼ -1.0pp | 92,595 |
| 7.41c | 56.10% | ▲ +0.2pp | 49,380 |
| 7.41b | 55.94% | — | 50,189 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.