How Dragon Knight and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Primal Beast win 48.72% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 782 matches.
Setting up for Primal Beast feels reliable when Dragon Knight provides the initial lockdown. Dragon Tail is a simple, point-and-click stun that lets Primal walk in and land a full Pulverize. The damage from Trample and Breathe Fire stacks up nicely while the target is disabled. The main issue is that both heroes function as durable, melee initiators who want to run at the enemy. This can create a draft that's very one-dimensional, slow, and gets punished by heroes who can kite or disengage easily. Since they fill similar roles and have similar weaknesses, Dragon Knight and Primal Beast don't cover for each other, making their combined impact feel pretty neutral.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 48.08% | 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 | 48.72% | ▲ +1.9pp | 782 |
| 7.41d | 46.78% | ▼ -4.7pp | 10,135 |
| 7.41c | 51.49% | ▲ +1.4pp | 5,921 |
| 7.41b | 50.06% | — | 7,571 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.