How Clinkz and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Skywrath Mage win 49.24% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,595 matches.
Getting caught by this pair can feel impossible. Skywrath Mage lands an Ancient Seal to amplify all incoming magic damage and silence you, while Clinkz lobs a Tar Bomb to slow you down and boost his own output. The idea is to combine Skywrath's massive spell burst with Clinkz’s physical damage to delete a single target before they can react. The silence is key here, as it's often the only thing stopping an opponent from using a defensive item or escape spell to survive the initial volley of attacks and spells.
The weakness is that both heroes are fragile and fulfill a similar role. They offer immense single-target damage but lack stuns, saves, or any real frontline presence. This makes the duo vulnerable; if the initial burst doesn't secure a kill, or if the enemy team simply groups up, both heroes are left exposed. An enemy with a strong initiator can punish both of them equally. This pairing relies entirely on getting early pickoffs to snowball, because they struggle to contribute if they can't find isolated targets and fall behind.
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 | 50.38% | 653 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.21% | 1,074 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.37% | 675 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.45% | 275 |
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 | 49.24% | ▲ +0.4pp | 7,595 |
| 7.41d | 48.88% | ▼ -0.7pp | 85,801 |
| 7.41c | 49.54% | ▲ +0.4pp | 39,793 |
| 7.41b | 49.13% | — | 45,139 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.