Tusk Counter Picks — 7.41f
Who counters Tusk in Dota 2 7.41f? Counter picks and matchups for Tusk, 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, Dragon Knight and Lich — Tusk wins only 42.4%, 43.8% and 44.2% of ranked matches against them.
Tusk is strong against
 Shadow Demon | 54.32% | 15,784 |
 Shadow Fiend | 54.27% | 71,349 |
 Nature's Prophet | 54.12% | 61,261 |
 Kez | 52.84% | 28,413 |
 Tiny | 52.65% | 36,838 |
 Huskar | 52.45% | 30,987 |
 Treant Protector | 51.91% | 18,142 |
 Chen | 51.51% | 3,685 |
 Drow Ranger | 51.50% | 76,185 |
 Gyrocopter | 51.41% | 25,735 |
 Puck | 51.40% | 22,345 |
 Alchemist | 51.35% | 22,663 |
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Best counter picks against Tusk
 Wraith King | 42.38% | 75,366 |
 Dragon Knight | 43.76% | 79,628 |
 Lich | 44.19% | 69,407 |
 Dawnbreaker | 44.35% | 62,518 |
 Riki | 44.43% | 35,835 |
 Phoenix | 44.72% | 34,659 |
 Phantom Lancer | 44.90% | 82,280 |
 Troll Warlord | 44.90% | 21,507 |
 Spectre | 44.97% | 58,770 |
 Leshrac | 45.04% | 19,097 |
 Witch Doctor | 45.37% | 102,553 |
 Meepo | 45.38% | 13,316 |
Frequently asked questions
4 Q&A- Who counters Tusk in Dota 2?
- Wraith King, Dragon Knight and Lich are Tusk's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Tusk's win rate drops to 42.4% against Wraith King, 43.8% against Dragon Knight and 44.2% against Lich.
- How to counter Tusk?
- Pick or ban the heroes Tusk struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Wraith King (Tusk wins only 42.4% against them), Dragon Knight (43.8%) or Lich (44.2%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Tusk strong against?
- Tusk performs best against Shadow Demon (54.3% win rate), Shadow Fiend (54.3%) and Nature's Prophet (54.1%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Tusk good in the current patch?
- Tusk wins 47.9% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 5.2% pick rate — ranking #96 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Nov 6, 2026.