Nyx Assassin — Dota 2 7.41f Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Nyx, NA
Nyx Assassin (Nyx) in Dota 2 7.41f: win rate, pick rate, top counters and best teammates, from Batru's ranked-match pipeline.
Early vs late game: in ranked games that end before 34 minutes, Nyx Assassin's team wins 51.8%; in games of 47+ minutes, 51.2% (−0.6 pp, #63 of 127 by late-game edge; 26% of Nyx Assassin games last 47+ minutes; model estimate). Late & early game heroes →
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Nyx Assassin by rank bracket
Nyx Assassin is strongest in Herald & Guardian games, winning 54.23% (#3 of 126 heroes), but drops to 51.65% (#28) in Crusader & Archon.
| Bracket | Tier Rank | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | #3 of 126 | 54.23% | 6.72% | 2,554 |
| Crusader & Archon | #28 of 127 | 51.65% | 8.42% | 13,455 |
| Legend & Ancient | #18 of 127 | 52.56% | 10.16% | 20,916 |
| Divine & Immortal | #10 of 127 | 53.48% | 12.10% | 7,390 |
Recent ranked matches split by average match rank — the same data behind the per-rank tier lists each bracket links to.
Nyx Assassin win rate by patch
Nyx Assassin is winning 52.63% of 2,253,330 ranked matches in patch 7.41f, up 0.4pp from 7.41e.
| Patch | Win Rate | Change | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.63% | ▲ +0.4pp | 8.84% | 2,253,330 |
| 7.41e | 52.21% | ▲ +0.2pp | 6.01% | 1,790,474 |
| 7.41d | 51.99% | ▼ -0.1pp | 7.19% | 2,132,795 |
| 7.41c | 52.06% | ▲ +0.5pp | 6.54% | 896,271 |
| 7.41b | 51.60% | ▼ -0.4pp | 6.39% | 899,969 |
| 7.41a | 51.96% | — | 6.80% | 388,975 |
Win rate and pick rate per patch window over all quality-filtered ranked matches; the newest patch accumulates matches for days after release — its row shows the current sample size.
Nyx Assassin counters & matchups
Nyx Assassin is an anti-caster ganker whose Mana Burn punishes high-intelligence heroes, Spiked Carapace reflects stuns, and Vendetta enables invisible burst pickoffs. He hard-counters int-reliant heroes: Outworld Destroyer loses to Mana Burn, and Timbersaw, Tinker and Morphling get bursted from stealth. Nyx is countered by illusions and tanks his single burst can't handle: Meepo, Wraith King and Lifestealer out-body or out-tank him, while Night Stalker hunts him. Draft tip: Nyx is a premium anti-mage pickoff support into intelligence/squishy drafts; he's weaker into illusion comps and tanky hard-carries.
Strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 60.25% | 110,725 |
 Medusa | 59.46% | 30,052 |
 Timbersaw | 59.33% | 54,686 |
 Nature's Prophet | 58.63% | 105,602 |
 Morphling | 58.31% | 35,407 |
 Shadow Demon | 57.89% | 23,472 |
 Puck | 57.67% | 29,097 |
 Tinker | 57.63% | 53,010 |
Struggles against
 Wraith King | 46.46% | 151,829 |
 Meepo | 47.57% | 20,454 |
 Riki | 47.61% | 76,024 |
 Juggernaut | 47.97% | 227,504 |
 Night Stalker | 48.75% | 82,999 |
 Dragon Knight | 48.77% | 156,412 |
 Visage | 49.06% | 18,219 |
 Chaos Knight | 49.08% | 49,610 |
Nyx Assassin synergies
Nyx Assassin picks off squishy targets with Vendetta and bursts casters with Impale + Mana Burn — he wants follow-up that punishes the pick. He pairs best with snowball cores and lockdown: Spectre and Wraith King convert his ambushes into a man-advantage, while Tidehunter locks the enemy he bursts. Give Nyx a kill-hungry team and his Vendetta pickoffs strangle the enemy's casters and supports.
Best teammates
| Wraith King | 58.11% | 136,451 |
| Juggernaut | 56.60% | 212,136 |
 Dawnbreaker | 56.41% | 91,773 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 56.13% | 116,783 |
| Meepo | 56.00% | 16,668 |
 Spectre | 55.72% | 107,569 |
 Lich | 55.70% | 88,199 |
 Troll Warlord | 55.63% | 32,356 |
Data updated Nov 7, 2026.