How Bristleback and Tinker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Tinker win 42.61% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 589 matches.
Farming the map with this duo can feel restrictive. Both heroes want a lot of resources to come online. Tinker naturally occupies multiple lanes with Rearm, constantly pushing and farming to get his core items. At the same time, Bristleback needs significant gold and experience to become the unkillable front-liner his team expects. Because neither hero farms particularly fast without items and levels, they can end up competing for safe farm on the map, potentially slowing down the key item timings for the entire team.
This slight conflict extends to teamfights. Bristleback wants to be deep in the enemy's formation, forcing them to focus his back while he stacks Quill Sprays. He needs allies who can brawl with him. Tinker prefers to play on the absolute edge of the fight, delivering his damage with Laser and missiles from a safe distance before teleporting away to rearm. This can leave Bristleback feeling isolated, drawing all the attention without the direct, in-the-fight backup he needs to survive and wear the enemy down. They can win fights, but their core plans don't directly help each other.
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 | 45.88% | 388 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.44% | 713 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.92% | 396 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.48% | 105 |
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 | 42.61% | ▼ -5.4pp | 589 |
| 7.41d | 47.99% | ▼ -0.3pp | 58,737 |
| 7.41c | 48.27% | ▼ -0.1pp | 30,741 |
| 7.41b | 48.40% | — | 29,366 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.