How Lion and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lion and Primal Beast win 45.89% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,752 matches.
Stacking single-target lockdown seems like a solid plan, but it can lead to diminishing returns. Primal Beast’s Pulverize is a long disable, often enough time for his team to kill the target. Adding Lion's Hex and Earth Spike on top of that is frequently overkill. While they can absolutely delete one hero, their kits don't offer much for a wider teamfight. Primal Beast wants to charge into the enemy and cause chaos with Trample, while Lion prefers to stay on the edges casting spells. This positioning difference can leave one of them stranded without the other's support when a fight breaks out.
The result is a lane that can be very threatening against anyone caught out of position, as Lion and Primal Beast can chain spells for a kill. In larger fights, their combined strength is less certain. They might use all their major spells, including Finger of Death, on the first hero they see, leaving them with few tools to handle the rest of the enemy team. Success depends on them coordinating their disables on different targets or the enemy being unable to punish their singular focus. This makes the partnership feel very situational.
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 | 42.54% | 543 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.41% | 1,374 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.95% | 1,177 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.24% | 417 |
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 | 45.89% | ▼ -1.4pp | 9,752 |
| 7.41d | 47.28% | ▼ -0.8pp | 119,259 |
| 7.41c | 48.03% | ▼ -2.1pp | 65,344 |
| 7.41b | 50.13% | — | 73,929 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.