How Puck and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Puck and Tusk win 45.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,966 matches.
Locking down a target with this duo can be frustrating because their abilities often conflict. Puck wants to control an area with Dream Coil, forcing enemies to hold still or be stunned. Tusk, however, excels at repositioning heroes. A Walrus Punch can knock a key target out of the Coil leash, while a poorly placed Ice Shards can block Puck’s Illusory Orb. They both want to start fights, but their initiations don't chain well, leading to one hero accidentally undoing the other's setup.
In practice, this means two playmakers are stepping on each other's toes. Puck might land a perfect multi-hero Coil, but Tusk’s follow-up from Snowball is single-target, and his Shards can create walls that obstruct his own team. This leaves Puck with spells on cooldown while targets are knocked to safety by a punch or even protected by Tusk's own terrain. Aware opponents can bait out one hero's big spell and punish the disjointed follow-up from the other.
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 | 38.41% | 289 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.24% | 473 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.46% | 368 |
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 | 45.35% | ▼ -0.1pp | 2,966 |
| 7.41d | 45.41% | ▼ -1.5pp | 32,295 |
| 7.41c | 46.92% | ▲ +1.0pp | 17,175 |
| 7.41b | 45.89% | — | 19,108 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.