Tinker Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Tinker in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Tinker beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Tinker is a spell-spam nuker whose Rearm resets Laser and Missiles for relentless burst and global pressure with Defense Matrix and travel. He is fragile and demanding, and a wide range of heroes dismantle him — he's especially vulnerable to spell-immunity, mana-burn, and gap-closers: Lifestealer Rages through everything, Nyx Assassin burns his mana and reflects, and Spectre or Wraith King reach or out-tank him. He fares best into immobile, mana-reliant drafts that can't punish his fragility. Draft tip: Tinker is a high-skill, high-risk pick — best into slow, immobile line-ups, and a liability into Lifestealer, Nyx, Anti-Mage, and any hard-dive comp.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Tinker hardest are Shadow Shaman, Legion Commander and Night Stalker — Tinker wins only 41.8%, 41.8% and 41.9% of ranked matches against them.
Why these counters work
- Legion Commander — Blink Duel through the March pattern ends the rotation instantly — Tinker's defensive items don't work while Dueled and his team is rarely nearby to answer.
- Chaos Knight — Reality Rift drags Tinker out of his tree line into a crowd of illusions with far more HP than a Laser-Missile rotation can clear.
- Anti-Mage — Anti-Mage blinks on top of the one hero whose entire kit is mana, and Mana Void turns Tinker's spent rotations into his own execution.
- Nyx Assassin — Spiked Carapace turns Laser and Missiles back on their owner, Mana Burn scales off Tinker's massive intelligence, and Vendetta finds him mid-March in the trees.
Tinker is strong against
 Timbersaw | 53.73% | 3,622 |
 Shadow Fiend | 53.34% | 14,776 |
 Nature's Prophet | 52.30% | 7,318 |
 Terrorblade | 51.46% | 4,458 |
 Treant Protector | 51.16% | 3,026 |
 Kez | 51.15% | 4,072 |
 Puck | 50.49% | 2,557 |
 Tiny | 50.47% | 3,527 |
 Keeper of the Light | 50.43% | 5,961 |
 Monkey King | 50.32% | 3,893 |
 Shadow Demon | 50.30% | 1,815 |
 Venomancer | 50.06% | 4,820 |
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Tinker struggles against
 Shadow Shaman | 41.80% | 10,700 |
 Legion Commander | 41.81% | 10,599 |
 Night Stalker | 41.89% | 6,073 |
 Chaos Knight | 42.06% | 3,657 |
 Juggernaut | 42.23% | 12,791 |
 Anti-Mage | 42.32% | 12,308 |
 Visage | 42.56% | 1,607 |
 Wraith King | 42.88% | 8,578 |
 Nyx Assassin | 42.94% | 4,509 |
 Witch Doctor | 43.03% | 10,767 |
 Riki | 43.42% | 4,261 |
 Clinkz | 43.43% | 3,949 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Tinker in Dota 2?
- Shadow Shaman, Legion Commander and Night Stalker are Tinker's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Tinker's win rate drops to 41.8% against Shadow Shaman, 41.8% against Legion Commander and 41.9% against Night Stalker.
- How do you counter Tinker?
- Pick or ban the heroes Tinker struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Shadow Shaman (Tinker wins only 41.8% against them), Legion Commander (41.8%) or Night Stalker (41.9%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Tinker strong against?
- Tinker performs best against Timbersaw (53.7% win rate), Shadow Fiend (53.3%) and Nature's Prophet (52.3%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Tinker good in the current patch?
- Tinker wins 46.4% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 5.1% pick rate — ranking #113 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.