How Axe and Dragon Knight perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Dragon Knight win 49.69% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,999 matches.
Facing this front line can feel like running into a brick wall. Axe provides the setup with Berserker's Call, grouping enemies together perfectly for Dragon Knight to follow up. With everyone held in one spot, Dragon Knight's Dragon Tail and Breathe Fire are guaranteed to connect. Both heroes are naturally durable, so they create a very resilient core that can initiate fights and absorb a lot of punishment for their team, making space for their allies to operate safely from the back.
The game plan is straightforward: these two run at the enemy and try to control the fight from the very start. The success of this duo, however, often hinges on what the rest of the team can bring. Since both Axe and Dragon Knight are front-liners who need to be close to do their jobs, they can be vulnerable to being kited or separated. If the enemy team has good disengage or saves, or if your own team lacks the damage to capitalize on the initiation, this pairing can find it difficult to close out games.
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 | 54.98% | 311 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.94% | 636 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.85% | 477 |
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 | 49.69% | ▼ -1.0pp | 3,999 |
| 7.41d | 50.66% | ▲ +0.1pp | 47,643 |
| 7.41c | 50.58% | ▼ -0.2pp | 24,936 |
| 7.41b | 50.82% | — | 26,836 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.