Melee hero. Roles: Utility, Disabler, Initiator, Durable. Lanes: Offlane, Jungler.
Axe wins 50.2% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 50th highest win rate of 127 heroes: 49.2% in Very High, 50.2% in High and 51.2% in Normal skill games. It is picked in 14.7% of matches, and over the last 10 days its win rate has stayed about the same.
Axe does best in medium-length games (25 to 50 minutes), winning 50.4% of them, against 48.8% in short games (under 25 minutes). Axe is strongest against Naga Siren, Terrorblade and Phantom Lancer, and struggles against Spectre, Lifestealer and Lone Druid. The best teammates for Axe are Largo, Abaddon and Chen.
From public ranked All Pick matches of the current patch. Updated 21 October 2026. Compare with every other hero in the Dota 2 meta table, or pick against a full enemy draft in the Counter & Synergy Picker.
Advantage (Adv) - The difference between the actual winrate of the heroes and the expected winrate from their base winrates.
Example: Let's take two heroes, Superman, with a general winrate of 53%, and Lex Luthor, with a general winrate of 47%. When they meet on the battlefield they each have a statistical winrate of 50%.
In this case it's obvious that, even if they have the same winrate when they battle, there is some sort of innate statistical advantage that Lex Luthor (average winrate 47% but 50% against Superman) has over Superman (average winrate 53% but 50% against Lex Luthor). There are many theories about why this happens, but the most common one is related to Kryptonite.
Winrate (WR) - The winrate between the two heroes.
Weighted over the skill brackets (Very High 35%, High 45%, Normal 20%). Advantage: how much better the matchup goes than the two heroes' own win rates predict, doubled (+6 is about 3 win rate points). Win rate: Axe's win rate against or together with the hero.
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Naga Siren | +14.46 | 54.2% |
| Terrorblade | +10.42 | 55.3% |
| Phantom Lancer | +9.81 | 51.0% |
| Anti-Mage | +9.77 | 51.9% |
| Morphling | +8.11 | 52.9% |
| Phantom Assassin | +6.79 | 51.4% |
| Broodmother | +5.99 | 52.1% |
| Marci | +5.84 | 52.1% |
| Sniper | +5.41 | 51.8% |
| Lina | +4.74 | 52.6% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Spectre | -7.04 | 46.4% |
| Lifestealer | -7.00 | 47.3% |
| Lone Druid | -5.04 | 49.1% |
| Venomancer | -4.71 | 49.7% |
| Largo | -4.43 | 49.6% |
| Abaddon | -4.41 | 48.6% |
| Ember Spirit | -4.24 | 49.5% |
| Ancient Apparition | -4.21 | 48.4% |
| Batrider | -3.94 | 51.7% |
| Witch Doctor | -3.91 | 48.1% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Largo | +6.50 | 51.0% |
| Abaddon | +6.41 | 52.0% |
| Chen | +6.18 | 49.9% |
| Primal Beast | +6.06 | 51.0% |
| Lycan | +5.26 | 51.0% |
| Omniknight | +5.02 | 52.2% |
| Zeus | +4.56 | 51.2% |
| Lifestealer | +4.17 | 52.0% |
| Io | +4.11 | 51.1% |
| Visage | +4.00 | 53.1% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Tidehunter | -17.95 | 45.0% |
| Centaur Warrunner | -14.32 | 46.0% |
| Legion Commander | -9.77 | 48.8% |
| Underlord | -8.95 | 46.7% |
| Doom | -7.88 | 47.0% |
| Brewmaster | -7.20 | 48.5% |
| Dark Seer | -7.06 | 48.1% |
| Magnus | -5.95 | 48.5% |
| Timbersaw | -5.37 | 46.6% |
| Riki | -5.03 | 50.1% |
Skill level:
Each line in the graph represents the probability that Axe brings an advantage to the total XP of a team
at a certain point in time (the probability to change the inclination of the xp graph).
Axe's team wins the experience race most often early: around minute 5 it gains the experience lead in 55.0% of games. That edge is gone by minute 25 (49.4%), so fights and objectives before then favour its team.
The chart shows, every 5 minutes and for each skill bracket, the share of games in which Axe's team gains more experience than the enemy team (50% is neutral). All heroes compared: Hero XP Advantage by Minute.
Daily win rate and pick rate of Axe for each skill bracket, overall and in short, medium and long games. All heroes side by side: Hero Win Rate and Pick Rate Trends.
| Day | Win rate | Pick rate | Win rate by game length | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All skills | Very High | High | Normal | Short | Medium | Long | ||
| 2026-10-12 | 50.8% | 49.7% | 50.6% | 51.5% | 14.5% | 46.1% | 51.0% | 50.4% |
| 2026-10-13 | 50.8% | 49.9% | 49.6% | 52.0% | 14.5% | 49.4% | 51.1% | 50.0% |
| 2026-10-14 | 50.6% | 49.8% | 50.2% | 51.3% | 14.4% | 51.8% | 50.9% | 49.3% |
| 2026-10-15 | 50.1% | 48.9% | 50.1% | 50.8% | 14.7% | 47.1% | 50.3% | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-16 | 50.2% | 48.6% | 50.6% | 50.9% | 14.5% | 47.2% | 50.2% | 50.7% |
| 2026-10-17 | 50.8% | 48.7% | 50.5% | 51.9% | 14.5% | 46.3% | 50.9% | 50.8% |
| 2026-10-18 | 50.1% | 48.9% | 50.0% | 50.7% | 14.4% | 52.5% | 50.0% | 49.8% |
| 2026-10-19 | 50.0% | 48.3% | 49.9% | 50.9% | 14.5% | 49.2% | 50.4% | 48.5% |
| 2026-10-20 | 50.3% | 49.6% | 49.6% | 51.0% | 14.6% | 48.7% | 50.4% | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 50.4% | 49.7% | 50.5% | 50.7% | 14.7% | 49.1% | 50.4% | 50.6% |
Pick rate and game length columns are for all skill brackets; the charts show each bracket.
The hardest counters to Axe in patch 7.41 are Spectre, Lifestealer and Lone Druid. Against them Axe wins 3.5, 3.5 and 2.5 percentage points less often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
Axe is strongest against Naga Siren, Terrorblade and Phantom Lancer, winning 7.2, 5.2 and 4.9 percentage points more often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
The heroes that do best together with Axe are Largo, Abaddon and Chen, winning 3.3, 3.2 and 3.1 percentage points more often than their own win rates predict. The weakest pairings are with Tidehunter and Centaur Warrunner.
Axe wins 50.2% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 50th highest win rate of 127 heroes, and is picked in 14.7% of matches.
Axe wins most in medium-length games (25 to 50 minutes): 50.4%, against 48.8% in short games (under 25 minutes). Axe's team wins the experience race most often early: around minute 5 it gains the experience lead in 55.0% of games. That edge is gone by minute 25 (49.4%), so fights and objectives before then favour its team.
