How Drow Ranger and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Drow Ranger and Tusk win 44.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 27,575 matches.
Pairing a deep initiator with a backline carry can look awkward in practice. Tusk often uses Snowball to dive into the enemy formation, putting him in the one place Drow Ranger wants to avoid. If enemies get too close to her, she loses the bonus from Marksmanship. While Tag Team amps Drow's damage and Ice Shards can create space, their core positioning goals are often at odds. This can lead to Tusk being isolated or Drow being forced out of a fight early, neutralizing much of the potential synergy.
Early on, Tusk can trap targets with Shards from a distance for Drow to hit. In larger fights, however, a deep dive from Tusk can leave Drow exposed and Tusk without his carry's damage. The partnership works best when Tusk plays a more protective role, using Snowball to save a focused Drow or using Ice Shards to peel enemies away. This requires a significant adjustment to Tusk's typical playstyle, and if that coordination isn't there, the duo often feels disjointed.
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 | 46.73% | 214 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.99% | 874 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.93% | 1,160 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.18% | 391 |
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 | 44.55% | ▲ +0.2pp | 27,575 |
| 7.41e | 44.38% | ▼ -4.9pp | 118,691 |
| 7.41d | 49.26% | ▼ -0.0pp | 151,834 |
| 7.41c | 49.28% | — | 61,698 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.