How Tinker and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tinker and Witch Doctor win 44.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 975 matches.
Facing down a Maledict and a full Death Ward is already a nightmare. When you add Tinker's endless stream of rockets and lasers on top, it sounds completely unwinnable. The trouble is that both of these heroes need someone else to provide the initial lockdown. Paralyzing Cask is a decent stun, but it's often not enough on its own to hold an enemy in place for the full duration of a Witch Doctor channel or for Tinker to unload his whole combo. Both heroes end up waiting for the other to find an angle, giving targets a window to escape.
This disconnect gets worse as the game progresses. Tinker’s entire game plan revolves around using Rearm to farm the whole map, pushing out every lane and clearing camps. This leaves very little safe farm for a support Witch Doctor, who desperately needs items to survive and position himself for a good ultimate. The result is often a poor Witch Doctor who dies instantly in fights, while Tinker is off playing his own split-pushing game, unable to capitalize on the teamfight spells his ally wants to use.
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 | 45.99% | 474 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.78% | 1,184 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.04% | 795 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.25% | 226 |
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 | 44.82% | ▼ -3.3pp | 975 |
| 7.41d | 48.16% | ▼ -0.0pp | 90,501 |
| 7.41c | 48.17% | ▲ +0.9pp | 47,971 |
| 7.41b | 47.26% | — | 43,004 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.