How Primal Beast and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Silencer win 48.28% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,136 matches.
Setting up a kill with Global Silence can let Primal Beast get his full Pulverize channel off without interruption. This combination can be effective for locking down and bursting a single high-priority target, especially before the enemy team gets Black King Bars online. Outside of that specific ultimate interaction, however, the two heroes don't offer each other much. Primal Beast wants to charge deep into the enemy lines and cause chaos up close, while Silencer prefers to stay on the edge of the fight, harassing with his spells from a safe distance. Their core game plans don't overlap very much.
This often leads to a game where their success feels disconnected. A well-timed Global can certainly turn a fight, but for the long stretches where it's on cooldown, they operate almost independently. Primal Beast will make his own initiations with Onslaught, and Silencer will react to whichever targets present themselves. Without that global setup, Primal Beast can find himself stunned or kited after his initial charge, while Silencer lacks the hard lockdown to hold enemies in place for Beast's Trample. The result is a partnership that hinges entirely on one high-cooldown play.
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 | 42.79% | 201 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.62% | 558 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.79% | 445 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.24% | 186 |
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 | 48.28% | ▼ -2.2pp | 4,136 |
| 7.41d | 50.46% | ▲ +0.5pp | 51,146 |
| 7.41c | 50.01% | ▼ -2.5pp | 27,585 |
| 7.41b | 52.51% | — | 31,666 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.