How Primal Beast and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Skywrath Mage win 47.64% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,782 matches.
Getting pinned by Primal Beast's ultimate can feel dire, especially when you see a Skywrath Mage on his team. The plan is straightforward: Pulverize holds a target in place for Skywrath to land a full Mystic Flare. This provides a long lockdown that should guarantee the spell damage connects. On paper, it's a simple setup and payoff. However, it requires both heroes to commit their ultimates on a single target, and they need to be in position at the same time to execute it.
In practice, coordinating this can be awkward. Primal Beast wants to charge deep, but Skywrath Mage is a fragile hero who needs to stay on the edges of the fight. If Skywrath follows the charge, he is often left exposed and becomes an easy target. As the game goes on, a single Force Staff or stun can break Primal Beast's channel, wasting both ultimates and leaving the duo out of position. The plan is fragile and relies on the enemy having no way to respond, which isn't a reliable path to victory.
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 | 42.21% | 308 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.95% | 628 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.43% | 461 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.86% | 239 |
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 | 47.64% | ▼ -0.8pp | 4,782 |
| 7.41d | 48.39% | ▼ -0.2pp | 58,013 |
| 7.41c | 48.62% | ▼ -1.7pp | 29,190 |
| 7.41b | 50.31% | — | 34,979 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.