How Primal Beast and Pugna perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Pugna win 47.18% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,700 matches.
Trying to combine their ultimates often feels awkward. Primal Beast's Pulverize locks a target down for a long duration, but it deals physical damage. Pugna's natural follow-up is Decrepify, which amplifies his own magic damage from Life Drain and Nether Blast. The problem is that Decrepify makes the target immune to all of Pulverize's damage, creating a direct conflict. While Pugna can use that same Decrepify to save a charging Primal Beast from physical damage, or heal him with Life Drain during a fight, this core nonbo during their biggest spells means they have trouble actually killing important targets together.
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 | 48.42% | 221 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.01% | 183 |
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 | 47.18% | ▼ -1.1pp | 1,700 |
| 7.41d | 48.24% | ▼ -0.4pp | 19,408 |
| 7.41c | 48.62% | ▼ -1.7pp | 10,726 |
| 7.41b | 50.32% | — | 12,437 |
Move this data into a draft
Both heroes start on Radiant. Fill the remaining slots to test this pairing inside a complete draft and get next-pick recommendations.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.