How Tinker and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tinker and Vengeful Spirit win 46.57% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 801 matches.
Giving Tinker bonus attack damage from Vengeance Aura does almost nothing. He's a spell-damage hero who stays far away, so a huge part of what Vengeful Spirit provides is simply lost. Nether Swap can also be a liability. A well-meaning Venge can accidentally pull Tinker into the middle of a fight he was trying to avoid, getting him killed instantly. Both heroes have kits that are powerful but demand very specific positioning, and their ideal spots are nowhere near each other.
This conflict in positioning extends to their overall game plan. Vengeful Spirit empowers her team to group up and pressure objectives early, using her abilities to initiate and control key targets. Tinker wants to do the opposite: stall, split-push lanes, and whittle down enemies from extreme range. The result is a team playing on two different timers. Either Venge’s aggression lacks the necessary burst damage follow-up from her midlaner, or Tinker finds himself unable to safely farm because his team is constantly trying to brawl a man down.
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 | 48.88% | 313 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.88% | 845 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.58% | 781 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.74% | 277 |
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 | 46.57% | ▼ -3.0pp | 801 |
| 7.41d | 49.62% | ▲ +1.5pp | 66,686 |
| 7.41c | 48.12% | ▲ +0.1pp | 22,435 |
| 7.41b | 48.02% | — | 19,200 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.