Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tusk wins the Lone Druid vs Tusk matchup: Tusk beats Lone Druid in 50.41% of 1,694 ranked matches.
Picking Tusk into a Lone Druid often hinges on which target you can isolate and control. Tusk excels at blowing up a single hero, using Snowball to close the gap and Ice Shards to trap them. The issue is that Lone Druid always presents two dangerous targets. If Tusk commits his spells to kill the Spirit Bear, the real hero is free to attack from a safe distance. Going on the hero himself means taking uninterrupted damage from the bear, and a well-timed Savage Roar can completely turn the gank around by forcing Tusk to flee. This dynamic makes skirmishes very execution-dependent, with neither hero having a clear, built-in advantage over the other.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lone Druid'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 | Lone Druid win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 49.17% | 240 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.40% | 250 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.66% | 213 |
Lone Druid'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 | Lone Druid win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.59% | ▼ -0.6pp | 1,694 |
| 7.41d | 50.15% | ▲ +1.4pp | 18,532 |
| 7.41c | 48.78% | ▼ -4.3pp | 14,005 |
| 7.41b | 53.07% | — | 23,226 |
Move this data into a draft
Lone Druid 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.