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Tinker + Zeus

How Tinker and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.

As teammates
Together 44.26%
Win rate when Tinker and Zeus are on the same team, over 714 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Tinker and Zeus win 44.26% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 714 matches.

Why this works

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.

Tinker + Zeus by rank

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.

RankTeam win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian42.70%363
Crusader & Archon44.71%832
Legend & Ancient44.55%734
Divine & Immortal47.71%350

Tinker + Zeus across patches

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.

PatchTeam win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 44.26%▼ -4.2pp714
7.41d 48.48%▲ +0.1pp81,738
7.41c 48.37%▲ +1.3pp38,978
7.41b 47.07%31,667

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Frequently asked questions

Do Tinker and Zeus work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Tinker and Zeus win 44.26% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (714 matches) — below the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Tinker + Zeus number?
714 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 11, 2026.