Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight wins the Chaos Knight vs Tusk matchup: Chaos Knight beats Tusk in 53.56% of 3,172 ranked matches.
Thinking Tusk's area control is a good answer to Chaos Knight is often a mistake. Spells like Ice Shards are great for trapping a single hero, but they don't do much to contain a full Phantasm. The illusions are tanky enough to walk through or around the shards and they spread out, making it impossible for Tusk to lock them all down. Snowball is a decent escape from a Chaos Bolt, but after that, Tusk has no follow-up to deal with the swarm of illusions. He’s left with long cooldowns while Chaos Knight and his copies close in for the kill.
Early on, a roaming Tusk can definitely make Chaos Knight’s laning phase difficult and slow down his farm. The matchup feels even or even Tusk-favored during that window. The dynamic changes once Chaos Knight gets his core items and his ultimate is ready for teamfights. Tusk is forced into a more defensive role, trying to save allies from CK's initiation rather than starting fights himself. Chaos Knight’s plan is simple: find a target, press Phantasm, and overwhelm them. Tusk is then forced to play reactively, waiting for that big cooldown to be over before he can be proactive again.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Chaos Knight's win rate against Tusk 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 | Chaos Knight win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.04% | 230 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.02% | 478 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.88% | 415 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.52% | 138 |
Chaos Knight's win rate against Tusk in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Chaos Knight win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.56% | ▼ -0.2pp | 3,172 |
| 7.41d | 53.76% | ▲ +1.9pp | 34,105 |
| 7.41c | 51.87% | ▲ +0.5pp | 15,266 |
| 7.41b | 51.37% | — | 18,443 |
Move this data into a draft
Chaos Knight starts on Radiant and Tusk on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.