How Axe and Tiny perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Tiny win 41.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 833 matches.
Facing an incoming Axe from a Tiny Toss is a nightmare; you're locked down in Berserker's Call before your hero can even turn. While this setup looks powerful, the rest of the game can feel clunky. Both heroes essentially fill the same role: a melee strength core who needs a Blink Dagger to initiate fights. This often leads to Axe and Tiny competing for the same farm on the map to buy similar items. If one hero falls behind, the entire combo timing is thrown off. The lineup becomes redundant, with two heroes trying to do the same job, which can leave critical gaps in ranged damage or save abilities that other drafts can exploit.
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 | 49.09% | 330 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.47% | 983 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.34% | 1,083 |
| Divine & Immortal | 39.80% | 495 |
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 | 41.54% | ▼ -3.9pp | 833 |
| 7.41d | 45.44% | ▼ -1.6pp | 108,427 |
| 7.41c | 47.00% | ▼ -0.8pp | 74,258 |
| 7.41b | 47.82% | — | 70,138 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.