How Pugna and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna and Tusk win 49.91% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,134 matches.
Getting caught by Tusk's initiation is often awkward when a Pugna is on his team. The core issue is damage types. Pugna's best move is often to Decrepify an enemy to amplify his own magic damage from Nether Blast and Life Drain. The problem is that Decrepify makes the target immune to physical attacks, completely turning off Tusk's right-clicks and Walrus Punch. This forces the two heroes to either split their focus onto different targets or to stagger their damage, creating a window for the enemy to react or escape. While a Snowball can still set up kills, this fundamental conflict between their kits makes their ganks and teamfights feel less cohesive.
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 | 50.00% | 108 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.20% | 291 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.48% | 348 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.37% | 146 |
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 | 49.91% | ▲ +1.8pp | 2,134 |
| 7.41d | 48.09% | ▲ +0.4pp | 22,285 |
| 7.41c | 47.71% | ▼ -0.5pp | 10,959 |
| 7.41b | 48.17% | — | 11,979 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.