How Ember Spirit and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Primal Beast win 46.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,275 matches.
Choosing a midlaner to pair with a Primal Beast often comes down to who can best capitalize on his lockdown. The issue with this pairing is that Ember Spirit's damage doesn't always align with that goal. While Primal Beast holds a single enemy in place with Pulverize, Ember's main teamfight contribution comes from hitting many heroes with Sleight of Fist. He can still attack the stunned target, of course, but he lacks the kind of focused, single-target nuke that would guarantee a kill. Both heroes want to fight and control the map's tempo, but they don't directly amplify each other's strengths. They end up feeling more like two strong individuals playing near each other than a true combination.
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 | 43.12% | 109 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.15% | 260 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.69% | 260 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.41% | 157 |
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 | 46.33% | ▼ -0.5pp | 2,275 |
| 7.41d | 46.79% | ▲ +0.1pp | 25,674 |
| 7.41c | 46.65% | ▼ -2.7pp | 14,556 |
| 7.41b | 49.31% | — | 18,526 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.