How Axe and Bounty Hunter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Bounty Hunter win 53.61% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,190 matches.
Landing a good Berserker's Call on multiple heroes makes it incredibly easy for Bounty Hunter to apply Track to the most valuable targets. Axe holds them in place, guaranteeing that the whole team can focus fire without the enemy scattering. This setup turns a standard initiation into a massive economic swing. Every successful gank or teamfight doesn't simply result in kill gold; the bonus income from Track accelerates the entire team's item progression, allowing Axe and his allies to snowball a lead much faster than usual.
Securing an early Blink Dagger for Axe is the primary goal, a task made much easier by the gold from Bounty Hunter's successful ganks. After that, the duo can proactively hunt across the map. The enemy team is forced into a defensive posture, needing to stick together to survive and stay off the map to avoid getting tracked. Their best response is to use heroes with strong saves that can break the taunt or survive the initial burst. Without that, they're often playing from behind, funding their own demise through the extra gold Bounty Hunter generates.
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 | 53.65% | 561 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.66% | 1,233 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.14% | 1,020 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.22% | 450 |
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 | 53.61% | ▼ -0.9pp | 1,190 |
| 7.41d | 54.53% | ▼ -0.6pp | 113,828 |
| 7.41c | 55.11% | ▲ +0.9pp | 55,510 |
| 7.41b | 54.23% | — | 48,786 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.