How Axe and Razor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Razor win 49.15% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,752 matches.
Locking down a key target with Berserker's Call gives Razor a perfect window to apply Static Link. The hero caught by both abilities is effectively neutralized, forced to attack Axe with rapidly dwindling damage while Razor becomes a monster. The main issue holding this back is that the combo is fundamentally single-target. While Axe is great at disabling multiple enemies at once, Razor can only drain one of them. This limits their overall impact in larger teamfights where several threats need to be dealt with, preventing the duo from consistently taking over the game by themselves.
The success of this pairing often comes down to early pickoffs and snowballing before the enemy team can group up effectively. In a chaotic mid-game fight, however, things get much less reliable. Enemies with saves, good positioning, or simply a Black King Bar can easily disrupt the plan. If Razor can't get a link on the priority target before Axe commits, or if Axe is forced to call a low-value hero to save himself, their combined potential falls flat. It requires a level of coordination and a favorable enemy draft to truly shine.
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 | 53.81% | 604 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.40% | 1,175 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.29% | 870 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.87% | 234 |
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 | 49.15% | ▼ -2.6pp | 7,752 |
| 7.41d | 51.71% | ▲ +0.2pp | 90,515 |
| 7.41c | 51.48% | ▲ +0.8pp | 38,374 |
| 7.41b | 50.71% | — | 40,587 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.