How Clinkz and Doom perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Doom win 47.96% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,432 matches.
Getting caught by this duo is a death sentence for one hero, but it's often an inefficient use of resources. Both Clinkz and Doom excel at isolating and removing a single target from the game. Doom's ultimate already takes a hero completely out of the fight. If Clinkz then unloads his full damage from Strafe and Burning Barrage onto that same Doomed enemy, it's a huge amount of overkill. The core issue is this redundancy; they solve the same problem twice over instead of covering each other's weaknesses. There’s little setup or teamfight control offered between them.
This leads to a very one-dimensional game plan. The strategy relies on securing pickoffs on lone heroes before a full engagement breaks out. If successful, they can build a lead. The problem arises when opponents start grouping. In a teamfight, Doom can disable one hero and Clinkz can try to burst another, but this often leaves the remaining enemies free to use their spells and control the engagement. Without broader crowd control or saves coming from this pair, full-scale brawls can feel disjointed against a more well-rounded composition that can protect its own backline.
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 | 47.80% | 205 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.31% | 437 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.57% | 356 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.72% | 179 |
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 | 47.96% | ▲ +1.8pp | 3,432 |
| 7.41d | 46.17% | ▼ -0.9pp | 42,113 |
| 7.41c | 47.05% | ▼ -0.7pp | 17,306 |
| 7.41b | 47.79% | — | 21,596 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.