How Axe and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Zeus win 50.99% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,726 matches.
Catching multiple heroes in a Berserker's Call creates the perfect scenario for Zeus. While Axe holds them in place, Zeus can unload his full magical arsenal without fear of being targeted. This combination scales incredibly well as the game progresses. Zeus’s damage from Static Field and Lightning Bolt softens everyone up, and a global Thundergod's Wrath can easily drop several enemies into Culling Blade's execution range for Axe to clean up. Axe provides the lockdown and frontline presence that a fragile hero like Zeus needs to take over teamfights, turning a simple initiation into a decisive advantage. The pairing ensures that targets who are called rarely get to walk away.
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 | 56.05% | 1,752 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.66% | 5,133 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.49% | 4,382 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.00% | 1,514 |
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 | 50.99% | ▼ -3.8pp | 3,726 |
| 7.41d | 54.78% | ▼ -1.1pp | 496,403 |
| 7.41c | 55.86% | ▲ +1.0pp | 225,926 |
| 7.41b | 54.90% | — | 177,717 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.