How Primal Beast and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Slark win 48.27% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,437 matches.
Locking down a single target for Slark is the main idea here. Primal Beast can charge in with Onslaught and hold someone in place with Pulverize, giving Slark a perfect window to Pounce and build up Essence Shift stacks. The leash from Pounce also helps keep an enemy inside the Pulverize area if they have a way to move. It's a straightforward ganking combo that works best when catching someone out of position. Beyond this initial setup, however, the heroes don't offer each other much direct support.
The game plan for this pair is very aggressive. Both heroes want to get ahead early by finding kills and controlling the map, which can work well if they get a good start, but they can also end up competing for the same resources. If the enemy team groups up early or has good defensive saves, the combo falls flat. Slark offers no protection for Primal Beast while he's channeling, and Primal Beast offers little to save Slark from being bursted. This makes their success highly dependent on executing those early ganks, leading to an inconsistent pairing.
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 | 43.03% | 165 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.24% | 495 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.28% | 439 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.49% | 206 |
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 | 48.27% | ▲ +0.3pp | 3,437 |
| 7.41d | 47.95% | ▲ +0.1pp | 45,296 |
| 7.41c | 47.85% | ▼ -3.6pp | 28,019 |
| 7.41b | 51.47% | — | 40,205 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.