How Clinkz and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Templar Assassin win 42.05% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 176 matches.
Stacking Meld's armor reduction with a Tar Bomb assault creates a potent physical damage spike, but it also reveals the duo's core weakness. Both Clinkz and Templar Assassin are specialized mid-game killers who hunt for solo pick-offs, making their game plan predictable and easy to counter. Without a dedicated initiator or lockdown hero to support them, their targets can often escape. The team's damage profile also becomes almost entirely physical, allowing opponents to itemize efficiently with armor. If the early ganks from either hero fail to connect, the team composition lacks a reliable plan B for teamfights or late-game scenarios, as both heroes occupy a very similar niche.
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 | 42.67% | 150 |
| Crusader & Archon | 39.57% | 187 |
| Legend & Ancient | 35.92% | 103 |
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 | 42.05% | ▲ +0.6pp | 176 |
| 7.41d | 41.46% | ▼ -0.5pp | 18,716 |
| 7.41c | 41.97% | ▼ -0.0pp | 9,635 |
| 7.41b | 42.00% | — | 12,321 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.