How Mars and Tinker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Tinker win 40.00% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 325 matches.
Trapping multiple enemies in an Arena of Blood feels great, right up until you realize your team's main source of damage isn't there. The issue is that Mars wants to start a big, committed teamfight, while Tinker is naturally a solo hero who plays away from the group. When Mars lands his ultimate, he needs immediate, heavy area damage to follow up. Tinker primarily offers damage on individual targets from a distance. By the time he teleports in and starts contributing, the opportunity Mars created is often gone, leaving him stuck in his own arena.
This fundamental clash of styles makes for awkward games. Mars will try to force fights, but the team is effectively playing short-handed until Tinker can react, which is often too late. The opposing team can easily abuse this by either ganking the isolated Tinker or forcing an uneven engagement against the rest of his allies. It puts both heroes in a tough spot, forcing Mars to play passively or Tinker to group up, neither of which is how they want to play the game to be effective.
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 | 46.08% | 102 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.60% | 331 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.79% | 353 |
| Divine & Immortal | 40.00% | 170 |
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 | 40.00% | ▼ -3.8pp | 325 |
| 7.41d | 43.78% | ▲ +0.5pp | 33,303 |
| 7.41c | 43.31% | ▲ +0.2pp | 21,522 |
| 7.41b | 43.15% | — | 19,922 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.