Tusk Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Tusk in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Tusk beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Tusk is an aggressive ganker whose Snowball rolls allies into a fight, Ice Shards wall off escapes, and Walrus Punch launches a target into the air for a crit. He's strong into immobile heroes his combo catches: Shadow Demon, Chen and Timbersaw get snowballed and punched. Tusk is countered by tanks and scalers a single pick can't finish: Spectre, Wraith King and Dawnbreaker out-tank or out-scale, while Phoenix out-fights. Draft tip: Tusk is a strong early-gank initiator into squishy drafts; he's weaker into tanky hard-carries and sustain line-ups that survive his Snowball-Punch combo.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Tusk hardest are Wraith King, Lich and Meepo — Tusk wins only 42.6%, 43.5% and 44.1% of ranked matches against them.
Tusk is strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 54.83% | 14,155 |
 Huskar | 53.94% | 3,875 |
 Nature's Prophet | 53.52% | 8,113 |
 Treant Protector | 53.13% | 3,226 |
 Shadow Demon | 52.75% | 2,328 |
 Lone Druid | 52.53% | 3,255 |
 Chen | 52.28% | 593 |
 Batrider | 52.26% | 1,303 |
 Monkey King | 52.17% | 4,549 |
 Tiny | 52.09% | 4,337 |
 Doom | 51.68% | 4,793 |
 Kez | 51.51% | 4,172 |
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Tusk struggles against
 Wraith King | 42.65% | 9,889 |
 Lich | 43.48% | 9,253 |
 Meepo | 44.06% | 1,709 |
 Leshrac | 44.19% | 2,410 |
 Dragon Knight | 44.31% | 6,579 |
 Riki | 44.53% | 4,550 |
 Phoenix | 44.61% | 4,768 |
 Phantom Lancer | 44.70% | 11,323 |
 Dawnbreaker | 44.71% | 8,653 |
 Witch Doctor | 44.78% | 12,848 |
 Spectre | 44.80% | 8,773 |
 Crystal Maiden | 45.31% | 11,441 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Tusk in Dota 2?
- Wraith King, Lich and Meepo are Tusk's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Tusk's win rate drops to 42.6% against Wraith King, 43.5% against Lich and 44.1% against Meepo.
- How do you counter Tusk?
- Pick or ban the heroes Tusk struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Wraith King (Tusk wins only 42.6% against them), Lich (43.5%) or Meepo (44.1%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Tusk strong against?
- Tusk performs best against Shadow Fiend (54.8% win rate), Huskar (53.9%) and Nature's Prophet (53.5%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Tusk good in the current patch?
- Tusk wins 48.0% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 5.8% pick rate — ranking #95 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.