How Primal Beast and Snapfire perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Snapfire win 46.87% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,584 matches.
Getting jumped by a flying Primal Beast is a nasty surprise. Snapfire's Firesnap Cookie can launch him right into the middle of a fight, providing a stun and an instant gap-close for him to start Trampling. The idea is to create chaos that Snapfire can follow up on with Mortimer Kisses from long range. The issue is that Primal Beast already has a powerful charge with Onslaught, so the Cookie often feels a bit redundant rather than enabling. His Pulverize ultimate also focuses on a single target, which can be an awkward setup for Snapfire's large area-of-effect ultimate.
Early ganks can work out if an enemy is caught out, letting Primal Beast secure a kill he might not have reached otherwise. As teams start grouping up, however, the combo's effectiveness flattens out. Smart opponents will spread to minimize the Cookie's impact stun, forcing a tougher initiation. Primal Beast often gets more value from initiating on his own terms with Onslaught, which lets him pick a better angle and target. This can leave Snapfire using her Cookie for escapes or on another ally, making their specific pairing feel less like a dedicated plan.
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 | 49.38% | 243 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.38% | 758 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.63% | 760 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.01% | 359 |
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 | 46.87% | ▼ -4.3pp | 5,584 |
| 7.41d | 51.19% | ▲ +2.1pp | 87,588 |
| 7.41c | 49.11% | ▲ +0.2pp | 30,864 |
| 7.41b | 48.88% | — | 17,173 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.