How Clinkz and Silencer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Silencer win 48.98% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,830 matches.
Securing kills across the map becomes a bit more reliable with this pairing. Silencer’s Global Silence provides the perfect setup for a Clinkz gank, preventing the target from using any escape spells or defensive items to react. While the target is helpless, Clinkz has a clean window to emerge from Skeleton Walk and unleash his full physical burst. This can turn a single pick-off into map control, allowing your team to push a tower or secure an objective uncontested. The global range of the setup means Clinkz can be hunting anywhere while Silencer contributes from another lane.
The success of this combination is heavily tied to the cooldown of Global Silence. Smart opponents will track its availability, playing aggressively when it's down and grouping up when it's ready. The play also assumes Clinkz has enough farm to secure the kill within the silence duration; if he's behind, the target might survive the initial burst. Enemies can also build items like a Eul's Scepter or Ghost Scepter to survive the attempt, leaving your team's biggest ultimate on cooldown for the next major fight.
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 | 47.33% | 524 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.00% | 994 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.35% | 740 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.25% | 228 |
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 | 48.98% | ▼ -0.5pp | 6,830 |
| 7.41d | 49.44% | ▼ -0.4pp | 79,534 |
| 7.41c | 49.87% | ▼ -0.9pp | 39,445 |
| 7.41b | 50.78% | — | 41,727 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.