Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker wins the Night Stalker vs Queen of Pain matchup: Night Stalker beats Queen of Pain in 57.40% of 1,047 ranked matches.
A team considering Queen of Pain has to be very careful if Night Stalker is still in the pool. The core of this matchup is Night Stalker’s Crippling Fear. Queen of Pain lives or dies by her ability to use Blink to escape danger and reposition for her spells. A persistent silence that follows him around completely removes that option, leaving her stranded. Without access to her abilities, she's a fragile target who can't fight back or run away, and Night Stalker's high movement speed at night means he has no trouble sticking to her once the silence is applied.
The dynamic shifts dramatically the moment the first night begins. Queen of Pain is forced to play defensively, unable to take the aggressive positions she normally wants to occupy. Any time she pushes a lane or farms the jungle alone, she's at extreme risk of a gank she simply cannot survive. Night Stalker's entire game plan revolves around exploiting these night timings to hunt her down. Even later, a well-timed Dark Ascension can isolate and neutralize Queen of Pain at the start of a fight, preventing her from contributing her burst damage or escaping.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Night Stalker's win rate against Queen of Pain 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 | Night Stalker win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 56.45% | 287 |
| Crusader & Archon | 59.38% | 965 |
| Legend & Ancient | 60.37% | 1,123 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.01% | 454 |
Night Stalker's win rate against Queen of Pain in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Night Stalker win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 57.40% | ▼ -0.2pp | 1,047 |
| 7.41d | 57.65% | 0.0pp | 101,539 |
| 7.41c | 57.65% | ▲ +3.7pp | 67,184 |
| 7.41b | 53.94% | — | 78,217 |
Move this data into a draft
Night Stalker starts on Radiant and Queen of Pain on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.