How Tidehunter and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tidehunter and Tusk win 43.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 589 matches.
Using Snowball to deliver a Tidehunter for a surprise Ravage is a classic setup. The combo works well; Tusk ensures the big ultimate lands, and then he can follow up with Ice Shards and Walrus Punch on a stunned target. The issue is that both heroes are filling a very similar role. You have two melee initiators who both want a Blink Dagger and want to be the first one into a fight. This redundancy means that while they can set each other up, they don't cover each other's weaknesses. The draft ends up with a very one-dimensional game plan that can be predictable and easy to play around.
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 | 27.15% | 221 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.11% | 540 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.34% | 628 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.50% | 320 |
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 | 43.12% | ▼ -5.2pp | 589 |
| 7.41d | 48.34% | ▼ -1.5pp | 48,474 |
| 7.41c | 49.84% | ▼ -0.4pp | 31,587 |
| 7.41b | 50.28% | — | 42,702 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.