How Ringmaster and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ringmaster and Tusk win 47.06% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,737 matches.
Trying to set up a gank often feels disjointed with this pair. Ringmaster’s hypnotic pull and Tusk’s Snowball are both powerful initiation tools, but they rarely combine well. The target gets moved by the pull, which can cause the Snowball to land out of position for Tusk's punch. They end up competing for the same playmaker role without their abilities cleanly chaining together. Both heroes want to control the start of the fight, but their methods can actively work against each other, leading to failed initiations and a lack of coordination. It feels like two different plans for the same moment, and neither gets executed properly.
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 | 49.47% | 281 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.36% | 470 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.15% | 293 |
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 | 47.06% | ▲ +0.4pp | 2,737 |
| 7.41d | 46.64% | ▼ -0.4pp | 25,131 |
| 7.41c | 47.07% | ▲ +0.3pp | 9,779 |
| 7.41b | 46.78% | — | 10,445 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.