How Grimstroke and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke and Primal Beast win 52.42% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 414 matches.
Landing a two-hero Soulbind completely enables Primal Beast. His Pulverize is a long single-target disable, and with Grimstroke's ultimate, it gets copied onto the second bound hero. This locks down and damages two enemies for an eternity, often piercing their magic immunity and letting the rest of your team pile on for easy kills. The synergy doesn't stop there. An Ink Swell on a charging Primal Beast adds another layer of AoE stun and damage, making his initiation almost impossible to dodge.
The game plan becomes simple: find two heroes standing near each other. Once Grimstroke lands Soulbind, the fight is practically won. This forces the enemy team to play uncomfortably split up, even during the laning stage. They can't jungle together or push a lane as two without risking getting double-Pulverized from off-screen. This constant threat creates space across the map, as opponents have to respect the combo at all times, making it harder for them to group and contest objectives.
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 | 55.96% | 327 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.45% | 368 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.86% | 175 |
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 | 52.42% | ▲ +0.2pp | 414 |
| 7.41d | 52.17% | ▲ +0.3pp | 36,451 |
| 7.41c | 51.85% | ▼ -2.8pp | 20,117 |
| 7.41b | 54.65% | — | 20,793 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.