How Primal Beast and Windranger perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Windranger win 46.02% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,152 matches.
Landing a full Focus Fire often depends on a good setup, and Primal Beast's Pulverize is one of the best. He can lock down a single enemy for a long duration, giving Windranger a free window to channel her ultimate and land a follow-up Shackleshot. This specific interaction is the core of their partnership, providing a reliable way to delete a key target as long as both heroes have their ultimates ready to go. It's a simple, effective ganking tool that comes online fairly early in the game.
When Pulverize is on cooldown, however, their abilities can work at cross-purposes. Primal Beast wants to cause chaos with Onslaught and Trample, knocking enemies around and brawling in the middle of the fight. This displacement can make it difficult for Windranger to aim her Powershot or find a good angle for Shackleshot. Primal Beast thrives in messy, prolonged engagements, whereas Windranger's kit is better suited for picking off a specific, controlled target from a safe distance. This slight mismatch in their ideal fight shapes is often what holds the pair back.
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 | 42.70% | 281 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.55% | 663 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.16% | 607 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.12% | 273 |
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 | 46.02% | ▼ -1.0pp | 5,152 |
| 7.41d | 46.98% | ▲ +1.3pp | 60,095 |
| 7.41c | 45.67% | ▼ -2.8pp | 28,618 |
| 7.41b | 48.45% | — | 29,795 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.