How Huskar and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Huskar and Primal Beast win 43.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,318 matches.
Trying to coordinate a gank can feel a bit awkward. Both Huskar and Primal Beast want to be the ones initiating on a single target. Primal Beast can offer a long lockdown with Pulverize, but Huskar is often already on his target after Life Break, applying his own slow. Their aggression can feel redundant rather than complementary. After their initial jump, they're both left brawling in the middle of the enemy team with similar weaknesses and no way to save each other. Neither one provides what the other is missing, like dispel protection or teamfight control. Success often hinges entirely on blowing up that first hero, making the whole strategy feel unreliable.
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 | 41.54% | 130 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.79% | 192 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.25% | 113 |
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 | 43.78% | ▼ -0.9pp | 1,318 |
| 7.41d | 44.66% | ▼ -5.5pp | 18,752 |
| 7.41c | 50.17% | ▼ -0.6pp | 14,039 |
| 7.41b | 50.78% | — | 15,769 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.