Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker wins the Night Stalker vs Shadow Demon matchup: Night Stalker beats Shadow Demon in 57.52% of 266 ranked matches.
Thinking about picking this hero is a tough sell when Night Stalker is on the board. Shadow Demon is an easy, high-value target for Night Stalker's ganks from the first night onward. The main issue is Crippling Fear's area silence, which completely prevents Shadow Demon from casting Disruption on himself or Night Stalker as a defensive measure. Without that spell, he has no escape or way to stop the initial burst. Even if he manages to cast Disruption before the silence lands, it only delays the inevitable. Night Stalker is happy to wait out the short banish and then finish the kill, making for a very difficult game for the support.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Night Stalker's win rate against Shadow Demon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 60.10% | 208 |
| Legend & Ancient | 60.07% | 268 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.78% | 157 |
Night Stalker's win rate against Shadow Demon 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 | 57.52% | ▼ -0.0pp | 266 |
| 7.41d | 57.56% | ▲ +0.7pp | 22,968 |
| 7.41c | 56.90% | ▲ +0.1pp | 11,590 |
| 7.41b | 56.78% | — | 14,425 |
Move this data into a draft
Night Stalker starts on Radiant and Shadow Demon on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.