How Primal Beast and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Tusk win 42.72% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,938 matches.
Getting caught by this pair feels like a death sentence at first. The combination of stuns from both Primal Beast and Tusk can lock down one hero for a very long time, making ganks look easy. The problem is they often end up trying to do the same job. Both want to be the primary initiator who jumps in and starts the fight, which can lead to awkward engagements where their abilities overlap inefficiently. A good Snowball from Tusk might pull an ally to safety, but it could also pull them out of range of Primal Beast's Trample. They both bring a lot of single-target control, but this can be overkill and leaves your team short on other tools.
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 | 43.50% | 246 |
| Legend & Ancient | 35.06% | 271 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.21% | 165 |
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 | 42.72% | ▼ -3.1pp | 1,938 |
| 7.41d | 45.81% | ▼ -1.8pp | 22,452 |
| 7.41c | 47.61% | ▼ -0.7pp | 12,203 |
| 7.41b | 48.35% | — | 15,559 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.