How Beastmaster and Drow Ranger perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Beastmaster and Drow Ranger win 41.04% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,876 matches.
Protecting a Drow Ranger often feels like you're missing a key piece with a Beastmaster on the team. Primal Roar is powerful for initiation, but it’s a single-target spell that sends Beastmaster deep into the enemy. This leaves little direct peel for Drow, who needs heroes that can create space around her and disrupt multiple divers. His summons can be disruptive, but they don't provide the hard lockdown or saves needed to keep her safe when she gets focused. The two also deal mostly physical damage, making them easier to itemize against.
The game plan usually relies on Beastmaster finding pick-offs with Roar to create a numbers advantage for pushing. If that aggression doesn't snowball, the pairing struggles in teamfights. Enemies can often bypass the diving Beastmaster and collapse directly on the unprotected Drow Ranger. This forces her to position so far back that her damage is neutralized, making the whole strategy feel fragile. A single failed gank can leave your main damage dealer stranded and unable to contribute.
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 | 41.71% | 362 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.25% | 800 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.86% | 567 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.48% | 231 |
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 | 41.04% | ▼ -4.5pp | 4,876 |
| 7.41d | 45.56% | ▼ -0.6pp | 71,900 |
| 7.41c | 46.12% | ▼ -1.9pp | 36,185 |
| 7.41b | 48.02% | — | 52,104 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.