How Axe and Drow Ranger perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Drow Ranger win 47.74% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,169 matches.
Enemies trying to close the gap on Drow Ranger often find themselves in a bad spot. Axe provides a strong answer to heroes diving the backline. His Berserker's Call can lock down would-be attackers, turning a Drow gank into an easy kill for her. More proactively, a good Blink Dagger initiation from Axe gathers multiple enemies together, creating a clear target for Drow's Multishot and ensuring her Marksmanship stays active while she fires from a safe distance.
This dynamic forces the opponent to play differently. They can’t simply run at Drow Ranger and must respect Axe’s initiation range. Later in the game, a successful Call on one or two heroes is often enough for Drow to apply her damage and Frost Arrows, preventing escape. The other team has to focus on either bursting Axe before he can act or finding a way around him entirely, as fighting into the taunt-and-slow combination is a losing battle.
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 | 54.59% | 1,733 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.94% | 4,445 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.64% | 3,406 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.75% | 1,066 |
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 | 47.74% | ▼ -5.5pp | 3,169 |
| 7.41d | 53.27% | ▼ -0.7pp | 427,229 |
| 7.41c | 53.94% | ▲ +1.3pp | 192,488 |
| 7.41b | 52.63% | — | 137,554 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.