Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer wins the Dark Seer vs Tusk matchup: Dark Seer beats Tusk in 54.00% of 2,572 ranked matches.
Stalling out Tusk's game plan is where Dark Seer finds his advantage. Tusk relies on successful ganks with Snowball to create momentum, but Dark Seer can consistently disrupt these attempts. The main issue is Surge, which provides a simple escape from an initiation or an Ice Shards trap for Dark Seer or a teammate. This forces Tusk to find much harder pickoffs on the map. Even in lane, trying to fight into an Ion Shell is usually a losing trade for a melee hero, letting Dark Seer farm more safely. Dark Seer doesn't shut Tusk down completely, but he makes his job of setting the tempo much more difficult.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Seer'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 | Dark Seer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 50.39% | 258 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.43% | 391 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.99% | 309 |
Dark Seer'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 | Dark Seer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 54.00% | ▲ +0.9pp | 2,572 |
| 7.41d | 53.07% | ▲ +0.4pp | 23,180 |
| 7.41c | 52.65% | ▲ +0.7pp | 8,044 |
| 7.41b | 51.99% | — | 8,146 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Seer 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.