How Axe and Invoker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Invoker win 51.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,707 matches.
Picking this pair often secures your team's initiation and follow-up in one move. Axe provides an incredibly reliable setup with Berserker's Call, grouping and disabling key targets for several seconds. For Invoker, this is the perfect invitation to unload his entire arsenal. A well-placed Sun Strike or Deafening Blast on multiple taunted heroes can decide a fight before it even begins. Even a simple Cold Snap can lock down a target trying to escape after the Call ends. Invoker gets the easy spell-casting he wants, and Axe ensures his targets don't get away, making them a powerful combination at all stages of the game.
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 | 51.89% | 1,532 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.94% | 5,337 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.96% | 4,900 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.61% | 1,859 |
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 | 51.33% | ▼ -2.1pp | 4,707 |
| 7.41d | 53.45% | ▼ -1.6pp | 441,207 |
| 7.41c | 55.01% | ▲ +0.3pp | 253,776 |
| 7.41b | 54.73% | — | 221,945 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.