Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Nyx Assassin wins the Axe vs Nyx Assassin matchup: Nyx Assassin beats Axe in 52.25% of 1,893 ranked matches.
Picking one of these heroes into the other is a bet on who can outplay whom in a crucial moment. The entire matchup often boils down to a single interaction: Berserker's Call versus Spiked Carapace. A Nyx Assassin with good reflexes can activate Carapace as Axe blinks in, stunning him and completely negating his initiation. Mana Burn is also a constant headache for Axe, who relies on a small mana pool for his spells. However, if Axe can bait out the Carapace or catch Nyx while it's on cooldown, the fight is over. Axe has more than enough health to survive Nyx's burst, and a successful Call on the fragile insect is a death sentence.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Nyx Assassin 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 | Axe win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 50.56% | 623 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.25% | 1,986 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.18% | 1,825 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.15% | 702 |
Axe's win rate against Nyx Assassin in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Axe win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.75% | ▼ -3.1pp | 1,893 |
| 7.41d | 50.87% | ▼ -0.5pp | 190,089 |
| 7.41c | 51.33% | ▼ -0.1pp | 83,636 |
| 7.41b | 51.47% | — | 74,361 |
Move this data into a draft
Axe starts on Radiant and Nyx Assassin on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 12, 2026.