How Dark Seer and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Tusk win 49.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,434 matches.
Putting Ion Shell on a Snowballing Tusk is a decent way to start a gank, letting the damage follow him in to soften up a target. The issue often comes from what happens next. Dark Seer wants to group enemies with Vacuum for a big teamfight, whereas Tusk is typically focused on isolating and bursting a single hero with Walrus Punch. Their abilities can pull the fight in different directions, creating confusion. Tusk might trap a target with Ice Shards, but Dark Seer may have wanted that enemy to run into his illusions. It's a pairing that has a good opening but can struggle with follow-through because their core plans don't always align.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 48.21% | 224 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.39% | 355 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.22% | 338 |
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 | 49.47% | ▲ +0.7pp | 2,434 |
| 7.41d | 48.79% | ▼ -1.1pp | 20,439 |
| 7.41c | 49.84% | ▲ +1.0pp | 6,721 |
| 7.41b | 48.88% | — | 6,892 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.