How Timbersaw and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Timbersaw and Slardar win 36.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 155 matches.
Drafting these two frontliners together often creates a core pairing that works against itself. Slardar’s entire game plan revolves around using Corrosive Haze to reduce armor, setting up kills for physical damage dealers. Timbersaw, on the other hand, deals almost exclusively pure and magical damage with his spells, which completely ignores armor values. This means Slardar’s ultimate provides no benefit to his fellow brawler. While both heroes are durable and want to dive into the fight, they don't amplify each other’s threat. It feels like having two solo heroes running at the same target instead of a coordinated pair, which can make it difficult to secure kills against resilient lineups.
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 | 42.94% | 170 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.41% | 129 |
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 | 36.13% | ▼ -8.4pp | 155 |
| 7.41d | 44.58% | ▼ -6.5pp | 14,110 |
| 7.41c | 51.06% | ▲ +3.6pp | 8,930 |
| 7.41b | 47.46% | — | 7,412 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.