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Lycan + Tidehunter

How Lycan and Tidehunter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.

As teammates
Together 36.71%
Win rate when Lycan and Tidehunter are on the same team, over 79 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Lycan and Tidehunter win 36.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 79 matches.

Small sample: this pairing has only 79 ranked matches in the current window, so its win rate will swing more than deep-sample pairings as new games come in.

Why this works

Setting up a big Ravage for the cleanup seems like the obvious plan, but these two heroes often operate on different clocks. Lycan wants to hit his Shapeshift timing and immediately start sprinting at targets to force early objectives. This happens well before Tidehunter usually gets his key items to reliably initiate for the whole team. By the time Tide is ready for that big teamfight, Lycan's window of dominance might be closing. To be fair, we haven't seen this pair much recently, so it's possible things have changed.

Lycan + Tidehunter across patches

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.

PatchTeam win rateChangeMatches
7.41e early36.71%▼ -10.2pp79
7.41d 46.87%▼ -3.7pp5,667
7.41c 50.61%▲ +2.4pp4,594
7.41b 48.19%4,835

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Frequently asked questions

Do Lycan and Tidehunter work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Lycan and Tidehunter win 36.71% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (79 matches) — below the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Lycan + Tidehunter number?
79 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily. This pairing is below our 100-match deep-sample bar, so expect the number to swing more than usual.

Data updated Aug 11, 2026.