How Crystal Maiden and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Tusk win 48.90% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,064 matches.
The theory of using Snowball to deliver a perfect Crystal Maiden ultimate is tempting, but it usually backfires. Dropping a slow, fragile hero directly into the enemy team is a good way to get her Freezing Field cancelled instantly. Tusk wants to dive deep and start a brawl, whereas Crystal Maiden excels when she can cast her spells from the relative safety of the back line. While her Frostbite is a decent setup for Tusk's punch and her mana aura helps him stay active on the map, their signature abilities actively work against each other in a full-on teamfight.
Early ganks can work out. Tusk can trap a target with Ice Shards, letting Crystal Maiden follow up with her control and damage. As the game progresses and teams group up, however, their coordination becomes much harder. The duo often has to wait for the enemy to make a major positioning mistake rather than being able to force a fight on their own terms. More often than not, a smart Tusk ends up using Snowball to save his Crystal Maiden from danger, abandoning the aggressive initiation plan they might have started with.
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 | 48.80% | 291 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.27% | 877 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.05% | 929 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.61% | 389 |
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 | 48.90% | ▲ +0.0pp | 6,064 |
| 7.41d | 48.88% | ▼ -0.2pp | 63,140 |
| 7.41c | 49.08% | ▼ -0.7pp | 30,321 |
| 7.41b | 49.78% | — | 33,571 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.