How Dark Willow and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Dark Willow and Tusk win 47.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 11,100 matches.
Getting caught by the combo feels scary. Tusk can use Ice Shards to trap an enemy, giving Dark Willow a perfect setup for Bramble Maze and Cursed Crown. It’s a lot of lockdown and magical burst on one target, and a Snowball can even deliver Willow's Bedlam directly into the fight. The problem is that both heroes want to do a similar job. They excel at picking off a single hero but can struggle if the fight extends or broadens. If their initial target survives the burst, both Tusk and Dark Willow are quite vulnerable and lack the tools for a sustained teamfight. This makes their gank-heavy plan a bit of a gamble that doesn't always pay off across the whole game.
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 | 45.93% | 246 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.70% | 424 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.91% | 256 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 47.45% | ▲ +0.3pp | 11,100 |
| 7.41e | 47.20% | ▲ +0.7pp | 35,808 |
| 7.41d | 46.46% | ▼ -0.4pp | 26,121 |
| 7.41c | 46.81% | — | 11,502 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.