Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker wins the Dragon Knight vs Night Stalker matchup: Night Stalker beats Dragon Knight in 50.39% of 3,808 ranked matches.
Choosing between these two as your frontline often comes down to timing. Night Stalker's main advantage is his ability to control a fight, especially when his ultimate is active. His silence is particularly disruptive for Dragon Knight, as it can prevent a crucial Dragon Tail or delay the transformation into Elder Dragon Form. This creates a small but important window for Night Stalker's team to focus their damage. While Dragon Knight is naturally durable enough to often withstand the initial burst, that brief moment of being unable to use his spells is where Night Stalker finds his edge.
This plays out most clearly during the first few night cycles. Night Stalker will actively hunt for targets, and a lone Dragon Knight is a prime candidate. Dragon Knight’s plan is to group with his team, farm safely, and use his dragon form to secure objectives, making him a much harder target to isolate. He can often outlast the silence and turn the fight around with his own stun and sustained damage once his spells are available again. The outcome usually depends on whether Night Stalker can successfully exploit his active periods before Dragon Knight acquires the items he needs to become truly unkillable.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight's win rate against Night Stalker 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 | Dragon Knight win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.59% | 237 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.88% | 581 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.04% | 537 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.90% | 183 |
Dragon Knight's win rate against Night Stalker in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dragon Knight win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.61% | ▲ +1.4pp | 3,808 |
| 7.41d | 48.25% | ▲ +1.2pp | 41,200 |
| 7.41c | 47.01% | ▼ -0.6pp | 22,810 |
| 7.41b | 47.64% | — | 26,604 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight starts on Radiant and Night Stalker on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.