How Dark Willow and Tidehunter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Tidehunter win 47.97% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,752 matches.
Fighting with both ultimates available can be awkward. Tidehunter's Ravage and Dark Willow's Terrorize are both massive teamfight spells, but they don't stack well. Using Terrorize on enemies who are already stunned by Ravage is a waste, and a feared enemy might run away from where your team wants to focus damage. This overlap means one hero is often forced to hold their biggest spell, or they both get used and one's impact is lost. While a Cursed Crown can set up a Ravage, a good Tidehunter is usually looking for their own Blink initiation anyway.
This dynamic often leads to less decisive teamfight victories than you'd expect. Because their signature abilities can conflict, they don't have a simple one-two punch to rely on. The coordination required to use both spells effectively without wasting one is high, and mistakes can leave you without either ultimate for the next major objective. Dark Willow and Tidehunter both bring strong teamfight to the table individually, but they don't combine their strengths in a way that creates an advantage, leaving the game's outcome feeling much more up in the air.
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 | 45.24% | 252 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.21% | 803 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.37% | 738 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.62% | 327 |
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 | 47.97% | ▲ +0.1pp | 5,752 |
| 7.41d | 47.90% | ▼ -0.5pp | 60,934 |
| 7.41c | 48.42% | ▼ -1.6pp | 29,137 |
| 7.41b | 50.06% | — | 38,481 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.