How Timbersaw and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Timbersaw and Zeus win 41.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 963 matches.
Countering this pair is often too straightforward for the enemy team. Since both Timbersaw and Zeus deal almost exclusively magical damage, a single Pipe of Insight or a few Glimmer Capes can neutralize two of your biggest threats. Timbersaw wants to dive deep and get kills with his spell burst, but the enemy survives because they're already equipped to handle the long-range damage from Zeus. This lack of damage diversity means you're not presenting multiple problems for the other team to solve.
Fights around the mid-game are where this issue peaks. After surviving Zeus's initial barrage, the enemy team can turn and collapse on the overextended Timbersaw. He gets in with Timber Chain but finds he can't finish anyone off and has no way out. Without a reliable stun from either hero, it's very hard to isolate a target before they can react. This often leads to your team losing map control and falling behind on objectives as you struggle to win a clean fight.
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 | 46.72% | 396 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.43% | 1,087 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.77% | 1,035 |
| Divine & Immortal | 39.39% | 528 |
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 | 41.33% | ▼ -4.4pp | 963 |
| 7.41d | 45.76% | ▼ -0.3pp | 106,446 |
| 7.41c | 46.04% | ▲ +1.1pp | 43,669 |
| 7.41b | 44.96% | — | 30,360 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.