How Clinkz and Viper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Viper win 47.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,734 matches.
Getting caught by Viper Strike when Clinkz is on the map is a nightmare. The massive slow it provides gives Clinkz all the time he needs to position and unload his full physical damage combo. With Nethertoxin also disabling defensive passives, their target is usually helpless. The problem is that both heroes are filling a similar role. They excel at killing a single, isolated hero but don't bring much crowd control or broader teamfight utility. This overlap means they offer a lot of single-target damage but little else to round out a draft.
This ganking duo can be effective early, creating pressure and securing pickoffs across the map. As the game goes on, however, opponents tend to group up, exposing the draft's weakness. Lacking any hard stuns, Clinkz and Viper can't easily stop enemies from teleporting away or using items like a Force Staff to escape. Against a coordinated team, they can often kill their one target and then find themselves unable to contribute much more to the ensuing fight, leaving their own team at a disadvantage.
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 | 52.04% | 565 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.15% | 586 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.71% | 315 |
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 | 47.13% | ▲ +0.6pp | 4,734 |
| 7.41d | 46.51% | ▼ -0.4pp | 60,385 |
| 7.41c | 46.94% | ▼ -1.2pp | 29,316 |
| 7.41b | 48.12% | — | 32,424 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.