How Troll Warlord and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Troll Warlord and Tusk win 49.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,944 matches.
Setting up a kill for Troll Warlord can be surprisingly awkward with Tusk on the team. While Tag Team helps Troll stick to a target, other abilities can get in the way. Tusk’s Ice Shards often end up blocking Troll’s path during a chase, especially when he’s in melee form. Their timings can also conflict; Tusk wants to force early action across the map, whereas Troll often needs more time to farm before he’s ready to fully commit with Battle Trance. Even a well-intentioned Snowball can pull Troll away from a kill or into a bad position, making their coordination feel less reliable than it seems on paper.
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 | 48.20% | 139 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.54% | 279 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.90% | 222 |
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 | 49.13% | ▲ +0.9pp | 1,944 |
| 7.41d | 48.25% | ▼ -1.6pp | 20,587 |
| 7.41c | 49.83% | ▲ +1.0pp | 10,978 |
| 7.41b | 48.87% | — | 11,996 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.