How Axe and Brewmaster perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Brewmaster win 49.25% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 932 matches.
Jumping a grouped-up enemy team feels very effective with this pair. Axe can initiate with Berserker's Call, forcing everyone to attack him, which sets up a perfect multi-hero Thunder Clap from Brewmaster to slow the whole group. From there, Brewmaster can use Primal Split to add even more control with his pandas, like the stun and cyclone. This sustained disruption keeps enemies locked down for a long time, giving Axe plenty of space to get spins off and find a target for Culling Blade. They both fill a similar front-liner role which can sometimes be redundant, but the extended chaos they create together often overwhelms opponents.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 49.58% | 119 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.59% | 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 | 49.25% | ▼ -3.0pp | 932 |
| 7.41d | 52.21% | ▼ -1.1pp | 10,972 |
| 7.41c | 53.31% | ▲ +2.4pp | 6,057 |
| 7.41b | 50.94% | — | 6,331 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.