How Invoker and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Invoker and Primal Beast win 48.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,631 matches.
Setting up a Sun Strike and Meteor combo with Pulverize is the most obvious point of coordination. A target held in place by Primal Beast is an easy kill for Invoker, provided he has the spells ready. Beyond that single-target burst, however, their kits can feel disconnected. A well-placed Tornado might lift enemies away from Primal Beast's Trample, and an Ice Wall meant to slow a retreat can be bypassed entirely by an Onslaught charge. They both bring a lot of control to a fight, but their methods of applying it don't always overlap effectively, sometimes working at cross-purposes.
The game plan often revolves around finding those isolated pickoffs with the Pulverize combo. When it works, it can control the map's tempo by removing a key hero before a fight. The weakness shows up in larger, messier teamfights. If Primal Beast dives a backline target and Invoker is positioned elsewhere, or if Pulverize is on cooldown, their combined impact feels much less coordinated. Without that one specific ultimate combo, they are often left fighting as two powerful but separate heroes instead of a cohesive pair.
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 | 49.54% | 327 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.85% | 917 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.94% | 790 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.56% | 354 |
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 | 48.35% | ▼ -0.0pp | 6,631 |
| 7.41d | 48.39% | ▼ -0.7pp | 79,089 |
| 7.41c | 49.06% | ▼ -2.5pp | 45,012 |
| 7.41b | 51.60% | — | 50,366 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.