How Lycan and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lycan and Tusk win 46.15% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,129 matches.
Pairing these two together can feel like you're trying to execute two different game plans at once. Lycan wants to activate Shapeshift and run down the entire enemy team with his summons, playing a very fast, wide-open style of fight. Tusk, on the other hand, excels at more controlled ganks, using Snowball to get on a single target or Ice Shards to trap someone. The problem is that Lycan's overwhelming speed often means he has already closed the distance before Tusk can get his spells off cleanly. Sometimes Ice Shards can even end up blocking Lycan or his wolves, disrupting the chase instead of helping it. While they can occasionally coordinate a kill, their core ideas of how to start a fight rarely line up.
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 | 47.37% | 133 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.90% | 167 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.03% | 148 |
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 | 46.15% | ▼ -1.2pp | 1,129 |
| 7.41d | 47.34% | ▼ -2.9pp | 10,934 |
| 7.41c | 50.21% | ▲ +2.6pp | 7,154 |
| 7.41b | 47.57% | — | 6,441 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.