How Axe and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Sven win 50.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,755 matches.
Seeing an early Axe pick can make Sven a tempting follow-up because their teamfight plan is so clear. Axe provides the perfect setup with a multi-hero Berserker's Call, forcing enemies to clump together and attack him. This gives Sven an ideal window to land his own stun and then unleash enormous damage with God's Strength. The real power comes from turning Sven's Great Cleave into a devastating area-of-effect weapon against the taunted targets. This combo relies heavily on both heroes getting good initiations, often with a Blink Dagger, and can be played around if enemies position carefully, which keeps it from being an automatic win.
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 | 55.32% | 658 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.11% | 1,804 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.52% | 1,444 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.67% | 461 |
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 | 50.71% | ▼ -2.0pp | 1,755 |
| 7.41d | 52.72% | ▼ -0.2pp | 123,227 |
| 7.41c | 52.92% | ▲ +0.4pp | 46,074 |
| 7.41b | 52.54% | — | 45,965 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.