How Wraith King and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Wraith King and Tusk win 51.92% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 807 matches.
Catching a hero as Wraith King can be a problem if they can survive your first stun. Tusk provides all the tools to make sure they can't. A well-placed Ice Shards traps a target in melee range, and a good Snowball can deliver Wraith King directly onto an enemy for a surprise initiation. Once the fight starts, the slow from Tag Team is exactly what a right-clicking core needs to stick to a target, letting him build up damage while the enemy struggles to get away.
This partnership comes online in the mid-game, where Tusk can roam and set up kills that accelerate Wraith King's farm. The plan is simple: find a pickoff, take a tower, and build a lead before the enemy team can group effectively. The counter-play involves mobility items like Force Staff to escape the initial lockdown, or playing defensively as five. If Tusk can't find a good opening, Wraith King is often left on an island, unable to connect with the priority targets he needs to kill.
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 | 51.74% | 288 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.72% | 785 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.18% | 939 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.76% | 290 |
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 | 51.92% | ▲ +0.5pp | 807 |
| 7.41d | 51.40% | ▼ -0.8pp | 66,810 |
| 7.41c | 52.23% | ▲ +0.9pp | 32,938 |
| 7.41b | 51.31% | — | 38,501 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.