How Storm Spirit and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Storm Spirit and Tusk win 36.14% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 498 matches.
Trying to coordinate a gank often feels awkward with this duo. Storm Spirit needs a partner who can provide long, reliable lockdown to hold a target in place for his full combo. Tusk’s kit, however, offers mostly short-duration stuns and displacement. Using Snowball to set up for Storm is slow and gives the enemy team time to react or reposition, negating Storm's instant gap-close. While Tusk is a strong brawler, his specific tools don't give Storm Spirit the clean setup he wants to secure kills and begin snowballing. They often end up fighting near each other rather than with each other, leading to overlapping roles without a clear benefit.
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 | 26.61% | 124 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.00% | 410 |
| Legend & Ancient | 36.73% | 520 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.70% | 281 |
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 | 36.14% | ▼ -8.0pp | 498 |
| 7.41d | 44.17% | ▼ -1.1pp | 47,741 |
| 7.41c | 45.29% | ▲ +1.1pp | 26,466 |
| 7.41b | 44.16% | — | 25,213 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.