How Alchemist and Clinkz perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Clinkz win 46.50% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,155 matches.
Walking up to a tower and seeing it melt to an army of skeleton archers is a huge problem. When Alchemist is on the team, this threat from Clinkz can appear much earlier than expected. Alchemist has the unique ability to farm an Aghanim's Scepter and hand it over, unlocking those skeletons for Clinkz without him having to spend any of his own gold. This sudden boost in pushing and teamfight damage forces opponents to react to a threat that shouldn't exist yet, creating pressure across the entire map.
The main issue is that both Alchemist and Clinkz are incredibly greedy cores. They both want to spend the early and mid game farming safely to hit their own item timings. While the gifted Scepter is a nice power spike for Clinkz, it can come at the cost of a slower game for Alchemist. Running two farm-heavy heroes often weakens the team's overall map presence, making them vulnerable to early aggression. The benefit of the early skeleton army often gets balanced out by the lack of early fighting power from the cores themselves.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 48.88% | 223 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.55% | 369 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.17% | 212 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.50% | ▼ -1.1pp | 2,155 |
| 7.41d | 47.65% | ▼ -1.5pp | 29,559 |
| 7.41c | 49.16% | ▼ -3.2pp | 19,399 |
| 7.41b | 52.32% | — | 32,646 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.