How Death Prophet and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Tusk win 47.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,772 matches.
Fighting with an Exorcism active often feels disjointed for this pair. Tusk excels at initiating on a single, isolated target, using Snowball and Walrus Punch to burst them down quickly. Death Prophet, however, needs enemies to be grouped up or held in place for a long time to get value from her ultimate. Tusk's short stun and brief lockdown from Ice Shards don't provide the sustained control she needs. He wants to delete one hero and get out, while she wants a long, drawn-out brawl where her ghosts can do their work on multiple targets and buildings.
This fundamental mismatch creates awkward mid-game fights. Death Prophet might be posturing to siege a tower with her team, ready to press Exorcism, but Tusk is often looking for a flank or a pickoff on a support in the backline. When he goes in, the fight gets split. The enemy team can often disengage from the ghosts by walking away from Death Prophet, or they can turn on her while Tusk is busy with his own target. The two heroes end up fighting separate battles instead of one coordinated one, making it easy for opponents to divide and conquer.
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 | 41.61% | 137 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.02% | 319 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.27% | 396 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.78% | 229 |
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 | 47.47% | ▲ +2.2pp | 2,772 |
| 7.41d | 45.29% | ▼ -1.4pp | 30,603 |
| 7.41c | 46.72% | ▼ -0.4pp | 17,473 |
| 7.41b | 47.08% | — | 20,167 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.