How Primal Beast and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Spirit Breaker win 49.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,709 matches.
Putting both Primal Beast and Spirit Breaker on one team can feel redundant, but their initiations complement each other. Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness provides a reliable, long-range stun that sets up an easy target. This lets Primal Beast follow up with his own Onslaught and Pulverize without the risk of being dodged or interrupted. The combined lockdown on a single hero is often enough to secure a kill before their teammates can even react, creating a simple but effective ganking partnership from early in the game.
This lane pairing thrives on punishing heroes who are out of position. The constant threat of a global charge followed by a massive beast makes farming side lanes dangerous for the enemy team. The plan can fall apart later on, however. Both heroes want to do the same thing: run straight at the enemy. If they commit to the same backline hero, they can be easily separated and kited by the rest of the enemy team. Their effectiveness relies heavily on that initial burst, and if the target survives, both heroes can be left overextended and vulnerable.
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 | 46.53% | 288 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.31% | 642 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.91% | 515 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.79% | 251 |
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 | 49.35% | ▼ -1.0pp | 4,709 |
| 7.41d | 50.37% | ▼ -0.2pp | 57,146 |
| 7.41c | 50.56% | ▼ -2.1pp | 30,503 |
| 7.41b | 52.62% | — | 40,637 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.