How Tidehunter and Io perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Tidehunter and Io win 49.65% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 11,139 matches.
Thinking Io needs a fragile damage-dealer to enable is a common trap. Tidehunter is an ideal partner because he wants to do exactly what Io allows: walk straight at the enemy team and refuse to die. The constant healing and damage reduction from Io make it incredibly difficult to bring Tidehunter down before he finds a game-winning Ravage. Tether's movement speed also helps solve his mobility issues, letting him stick on targets for Anchor Smash. The real game-breaker, though, is the global gank potential. A surprise Relocate into Ravage is one of the most reliable ways to initiate a fight from anywhere on the map and win it cleanly.
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 | 50.00% | 112 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.90% | 456 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.64% | 466 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.94% | 158 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 49.65% | ▲ +0.0pp | 11,139 |
| 7.41e | 49.63% | ▼ -0.7pp | 52,899 |
| 7.41d | 50.29% | ▼ -1.4pp | 43,168 |
| 7.41c | 51.67% | — | 19,814 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.