How Axe and Lone Druid perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Lone Druid win 48.40% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 564 matches.
Facing this pair is a nightmare for positioning. Axe's Berserker's Call forces you to clump up and attack him, which is exactly what Lone Druid wants. While you're locked down, the Spirit Bear gets to attack freely, piling on physical damage and potentially adding its own Entangling Claws root to extend the disable. Axe loves getting hit for his Counter Helix spins, and having a high-damage bear hitting his targets makes his initiations incredibly deadly. It turns a simple lockdown into a guaranteed kill on almost anyone caught out.
The game plan is simple and comes online once Axe finds his Blink Dagger. He provides the initiation and control, creating the perfect situation for Lone Druid's bear to apply its damage and take objectives. After a successful Call, the bear can quickly pivot from killing heroes to demolishing towers. The enemy team is forced to play spread out and invest heavily in vision to avoid getting picked off. If they can't burst the bear or kite Axe before he gets his jump, they'll often lose a core hero and a structure for it.
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 | 45.88% | 194 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.80% | 565 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.79% | 496 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.76% | 207 |
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 | 48.40% | ▼ -3.8pp | 564 |
| 7.41d | 52.17% | ▼ -2.5pp | 49,243 |
| 7.41c | 54.64% | ▼ -1.8pp | 39,990 |
| 7.41b | 56.46% | — | 59,769 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.