How Axe and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Primal Beast win 49.21% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 191 matches.
Getting caught by this pair feels like a death sentence. The moment Axe lands a Berserker's Call, everyone is locked in place and clumped together perfectly. This gives Primal Beast a free setup to run over the entire group with Trample, dealing huge area damage that's normally difficult to apply so effectively. The follow-up is relentless, too. After the initial burst, Primal Beast can use Pulverize on one key target while Axe hunts for a Culling Blade on another. It's an overwhelming one-two punch of initiation and control that makes teamfighting against them incredibly difficult, as they can effectively remove multiple heroes from the fight at once.
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 | 43.40% | 106 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.59% | 185 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.60% | 168 |
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 | 49.21% | ▼ -2.0pp | 191 |
| 7.41d | 51.20% | ▼ -1.6pp | 24,633 |
| 7.41c | 52.83% | ▼ -1.0pp | 13,547 |
| 7.41b | 53.82% | — | 15,852 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.