How Slark and Tiny perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slark and Tiny win 45.69% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 742 matches.
Picking both of these heroes for your core roles often creates a tricky situation. The main problem is that Tiny's signature initiation, Toss, works directly against Slark's Pounce. A successful Toss can throw an enemy out of the leash, letting them escape what should be a guaranteed kill. Slark wants to stick to a target to build up Essence Shift stacks over several seconds, but Tiny’s combo is all about instant burst and displacement. This fundamental clash in their mechanics makes coordinating ganks difficult and chaotic. Instead of setting each other up, they frequently disrupt one another’s kill attempts, leading to less impact than either hero could have with a more suitable partner.
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 | 43.98% | 357 |
| Crusader & Archon | 39.46% | 816 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.06% | 737 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.03% | 257 |
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 | 45.69% | ▲ +1.4pp | 742 |
| 7.41d | 44.31% | ▼ -1.3pp | 73,127 |
| 7.41c | 45.61% | ▼ -0.7pp | 50,035 |
| 7.41b | 46.31% | — | 62,388 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.