How Tiny and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tiny and Tusk win 42.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 411 matches.
Trying to set up a gank with these two often feels clumsy. Both Tiny and Tusk want to be the one to jump a target and deliver a big spike of physical burst. The problem is their kits don't really help each other do this. Tiny's Toss can move an enemy out of Tusk's range, and Ice Shards might block Tiny from getting in position. They're essentially two initiators competing for the same space and timing window, which often lets the target get away instead of creating a clean kill.
This redundancy makes the game feel awkward. They can't lane together well, so they end up competing for farm and gank timings from different parts of the map. The team becomes very one-dimensional, focused entirely on single-target physical burst. Enemies can counter this strategy by building armor or grouping up earlier than usual. Without diverse damage types or control for longer fights, a Tiny and Tusk draft struggles heavily once teams start moving as five, feeling predictable and easy to outmaneuver.
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 | 48.53% | 136 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.57% | 350 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.44% | 450 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.33% | 300 |
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 | 42.34% | ▲ +0.1pp | 411 |
| 7.41d | 42.23% | ▼ -2.2pp | 40,034 |
| 7.41c | 44.43% | ▼ -0.8pp | 29,077 |
| 7.41b | 45.26% | — | 33,589 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.