How Muerta and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Muerta and Tusk win 47.86% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,469 matches.
Setting up a gank with this pair feels straightforward. Tusk can use Snowball to get in close and provide a stun, giving Muerta a clean opening for a Dead Shot fear. Tag Team also adds a nice bit of extra damage to Muerta's right-clicks, helping her finish off a target early on. The problem comes later when Muerta activates Pierce the Veil. Her attacks become magical, which means the bonus physical damage from Tusk's Tag Team does absolutely nothing to her primary target. This is a fundamental clash in how they want to deal damage during their most important cooldowns.
Because of this, their effectiveness is front-loaded into the early game. Successful ganks before Muerta gets her ultimate can create a lead, but once ultimates are online, teamfights get awkward. Muerta wants to pop her ult to become immune to physical damage and melt a target, but she gets no help from Tusk's damage amp while doing so. Tusk might set up a perfect kill, only for his partner to be unable to capitalize efficiently. This lack of coordination during key moments means the duo often feels like it's pulling in two different directions, making it hard to consistently secure the most important kills.
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 | 48.65% | 185 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.83% | 276 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.80% | 137 |
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 | 47.86% | ▼ -0.1pp | 7,469 |
| 7.41e | 47.91% | ▲ +1.3pp | 26,981 |
| 7.41d | 46.65% | ▼ -2.2pp | 37,095 |
| 7.41c | 48.83% | — | 24,723 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.