How Brewmaster and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 50.85%
Win rate when Brewmaster and Slardar are on the same team, over 2,183 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Brewmaster and Slardar win 50.85% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,183 matches.
Why this works
Pairing these two initiators looks good on paper, with Slardar’s Corrosive Haze setting up for a kill. The reality is often less clean. Once Brewmaster uses Primal Split, he isn't a right-clicking hero anymore, leaving only his Earth panda to really benefit from the armor reduction. The rest of his split is focused on magical damage and control. Both heroes also want to be the one to start the fight, which can lead to overlapping stuns or one hero going in when the other isn't ready. They bring similar tools to a teamfight—durable frontline initiation—but don't cover each other's weaknesses or create a standout combination, often operating on parallel tracks instead of together.
Brewmaster + Slardar across patches
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
7.41f
50.85%
▲ +0.6pp
2,183
7.41e
50.22%
▲ +1.6pp
5,928
7.41d
48.63%
▲ +0.7pp
6,266
7.41c
47.96%
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4,218
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