How Tusk and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Tusk and Witch Doctor win 50.64% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,838 matches.
Facing this lane duo can be a real headache. Tusk provides the setup with Ice Shards or a Snowball stun, giving Witch Doctor a clear window to land Paralyzing Cask and Maledict. The theoretical follow-up with Death Ward is supposed to guarantee a kill on any hero caught out. The problem is execution. Tusk's stuns are brief, and his abilities are designed for creating chaos up close. Sometimes his Ice Shards will even block the Death Ward's line of sight, completely ruining the attempt. The combo looks better on paper than it often is in practice.
This pair has a window to get ahead in the early game through their combined slows, stuns, and damage. As the game progresses, however, their goals can diverge. Tusk wants to find openings, charge into the enemy team, and cause disruption with Walrus PUNCH. Witch Doctor needs to stay in the back, find a safe position, and channel his ultimate without being interrupted. This often leaves one of them out of position relative to the other, making it difficult to coordinate their most powerful spells together in a messy teamfight.
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 | 46.95% | 328 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.42% | 1,064 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.29% | 1,092 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.59% | 367 |
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 | 50.64% | ▲ +1.7pp | 6,838 |
| 7.41d | 48.91% | ▲ +0.2pp | 75,859 |
| 7.41c | 48.76% | ▲ +0.0pp | 39,545 |
| 7.41b | 48.74% | — | 42,950 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.