How Dark Willow and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Primal Beast win 47.20% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,127 matches.
Struggling to set the pace of the game can be a theme for this duo. Primal Beast wants to run at people from the start, but Dark Willow’s setup doesn’t always line up perfectly with his aggression. Her Cursed Crown needs a specific follow-up that the Beast might not be able to provide while using Trample or Pulverize. While her stuns and fears are generally useful, Primal Beast often brings enough lockdown on his own with Onslaught. The result is that their kits can feel a bit redundant. They don't actively work against each other, but you don't get the powerful spell combinations that you might expect, leading to slightly less effective ganks and fights.
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 | 40.00% | 110 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.75% | 255 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.28% | 246 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.67% | 150 |
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 | 47.20% | ▲ +0.7pp | 2,127 |
| 7.41d | 46.52% | ▼ -0.5pp | 24,304 |
| 7.41c | 47.03% | ▼ -1.8pp | 11,623 |
| 7.41b | 48.85% | — | 14,002 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.