How Primal Beast and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Slardar win 49.95% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,093 matches.
Getting run at by both of these heroes can feel very punishing. Slardar can apply Corrosive Haze, and Primal Beast's Trample and basic attacks both benefit from the armor reduction, making their focused aggression more effective. The stuns from Primal Beast's Onslaught and Slardar's Slithereen Crush can also stack to lock down a target for a decent duration, though their timings can sometimes overlap inefficiently. While they both share a weakness to being kited and can lack damage if they can't get on top of heroes, the added physical burst potential gives them a small leg up in ganks and early teamfights.
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 | 51.77% | 141 |
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 | 49.95% | ▲ +0.5pp | 1,093 |
| 7.41d | 49.49% | ▼ -4.1pp | 14,500 |
| 7.41c | 53.59% | ▲ +0.3pp | 9,106 |
| 7.41b | 53.26% | — | 10,138 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.