How Tinker and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tinker and Zeus win 44.26% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 714 matches.
Seeing the enemy team finish a Pipe of Insight feels especially bad for this duo. Both Tinker and Zeus provide immense magical damage but offer very little else, creating a redundant pairing. An opponent can stack magic resistance to counter a huge portion of your team's total output with a single item. These heroes also compete for the same resources. Tinker needs to constantly be farming lanes with Boots of Travel to accelerate, which is the same space Zeus wants to occupy to get his own core items online. This conflict over map resources often slows down the timings for both of them.
The draft becomes very greedy and one-dimensional as a result. Your team is forced to find a frontline, physical damage, and hard crowd control from the other three positions. Since neither Tinker nor Zeus provides reliable setup, you're entirely dependent on your allies to initiate fights. If the game plan goes wrong, the enemy can simply activate Black King Bars and run at your backline. With both of your main damage dealers being so vulnerable and lacking tools to fight through spell immunity, it becomes very difficult to hold your ground.
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 | 42.70% | 363 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.71% | 832 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.55% | 734 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.71% | 350 |
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 | 44.26% | ▼ -4.2pp | 714 |
| 7.41d | 48.48% | ▲ +0.1pp | 81,738 |
| 7.41c | 48.37% | ▲ +1.3pp | 38,978 |
| 7.41b | 47.07% | — | 31,667 |
Move this data into a draft
Both heroes start on Radiant. Fill the remaining slots to test this pairing inside a complete draft and get next-pick recommendations.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.