How Chaos Knight and Tinker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Tinker win 49.53% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 321 matches.
A mid-game fight starts with Chaos Knight using Reality Rift on a key target. He needs immediate, close-range follow-up to secure the kill before Phantasm expires. Tinker's contribution from the treeline, a Laser and some rockets, often isn't enough to seal the deal. This duo struggles because their objectives clash. Chaos Knight wants to force grouped fights to leverage his ultimate, creating tempo through kills. Tinker, on the other hand, excels at splitting the map and avoiding direct confrontation, pressuring lanes from afar. This leaves CK feeling isolated in the brawls he wants to take, while Tinker doesn't get the sustained space that a more defensive team would provide.
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 | 44.98% | 209 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.41% | 352 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.00% | 200 |
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 | 49.53% | ▲ +2.4pp | 321 |
| 7.41d | 47.18% | ▲ +0.9pp | 27,597 |
| 7.41c | 46.30% | ▲ +0.3pp | 11,400 |
| 7.41b | 46.03% | — | 10,952 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.