How Hoodwink and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Hoodwink and Primal Beast win 44.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,086 matches.
Teamfights often start with Primal Beast charging in, which creates an awkward situation for Hoodwink. The squirrel needs enemies to be near trees for Bushwhack, but Primal Beast's Onslaught can move targets unpredictably and destroy those same trees. While he wants to brawl in the open with Trample, Hoodwink wants to play from the treeline to set up stuns and use Scurry. Their kits don't naturally set each other up; they simply want to fight in different places and in different ways.
This disconnect means they struggle to coordinate. During ganks, Hoodwink is often reduced to providing a minor slow with Acorn Shot and hoping Primal Beast can connect on his own. In bigger engagements, Primal Beast can inadvertently pull the fight into open areas, leaving Hoodwink without her key stun or escape tools. Enemies can exploit this by choosing their ground, separating the pair and picking off a stranded Primal Beast while Hoodwink tries to find a useful angle from too far away.
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 | 41.67% | 252 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.41% | 584 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.15% | 445 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.06% | 216 |
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 | 44.71% | ▼ -0.4pp | 4,086 |
| 7.41d | 45.12% | ▼ -0.4pp | 52,041 |
| 7.41c | 45.51% | ▼ -3.3pp | 29,679 |
| 7.41b | 48.86% | — | 31,159 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.