How Lion and Tiny perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Lion and Tiny win 42.88% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 42,005 matches.
Tossing an enemy away while Lion is casting can easily make Earth Spike or Finger of Death miss, which highlights the core issue. Both heroes are built to excel at the same thing: deleting a single target from the fight. Tiny often has enough damage with his own combo to handle this job alone, making Lion's contribution feel redundant. This overlap means your team can be very good at killing one hero but then lack the tools to handle a wider teamfight. Both Lion and Tiny want the same setup and the same kind of isolated target, leading to a one-dimensional game plan that opponents can predict and counter.
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 | 42.66% | 436 |
| Crusader & Archon | 38.26% | 1,341 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.20% | 1,520 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.61% | 560 |
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 | 42.88% | ▲ +0.4pp | 42,005 |
| 7.41e | 42.47% | ▼ -0.2pp | 167,365 |
| 7.41d | 42.70% | ▼ -1.7pp | 224,705 |
| 7.41c | 44.41% | — | 139,532 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.