How Earthshaker and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earthshaker and Primal Beast win 49.53% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,804 matches.
Seeing these two heroes on the same team might look like a free win with all their stuns, but their combo isn't always clean. In theory, Earthshaker can drop a Fissure from long range to create a perfect setup for Primal Beast to land an Onslaught charge. The issue is that both heroes are natural initiators who want to go first. If they aren't on the same page, Primal Beast might charge in right as a Fissure wall goes up, blocking his path entirely. Their ultimates also stack area-of-effect control, but without coordination they can easily be layered on top of each other, wasting a lot of lockdown duration.
The success of this duo really depends on which player is willing to play the setup role. If Earthshaker consistently uses his abilities to catch enemies for Primal Beast to run at, they can dominate. If they both try to start fights independently, they'll find their spells overlapping and targets escaping. The lane and mid-game ganks are a toss-up; sometimes they'll chain-stun a hero for an eternity, and other times they'll get in each other's way. It's a partnership that requires communication to work, which explains why it doesn't consistently produce great results.
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 | 47.42% | 213 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.22% | 471 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.53% | 443 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.75% | 199 |
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 | 49.53% | ▲ +0.6pp | 3,804 |
| 7.41d | 48.90% | ▼ -0.6pp | 42,399 |
| 7.41c | 49.45% | ▼ -1.7pp | 20,600 |
| 7.41b | 51.16% | — | 25,641 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.