How Bane and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Primal Beast win 46.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,803 matches.
Holding a target with Fiend’s Grip for a Primal Beast combo seems straightforward, but it has some real trade-offs. The main issue is that you're using two single-target ultimates, Fiend's Grip and Pulverize, to deal with one hero. This can be effective for a key pick-off, but it leaves your team with few resources to handle the rest of the fight. The heroes also have conflicting playstyles. Primal Beast wants to charge in and cause chaos with Trample, while Bane prefers to hang back and channel his spells from a safe distance. This can lead to awkward positioning where one hero is out of place, making it hard to coordinate their most powerful spells effectively when it matters most.
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 | 44.66% | 103 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.91% | 216 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.41% | 146 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.04% | 104 |
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 | 46.03% | ▼ -3.1pp | 1,803 |
| 7.41d | 49.16% | ▲ +0.3pp | 20,584 |
| 7.41c | 48.88% | ▼ -0.5pp | 8,658 |
| 7.41b | 49.36% | — | 8,632 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.