Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker wins the Night Stalker vs Slark matchup: Night Stalker beats Slark in 56.91% of 984 ranked matches.
Getting caught by Crippling Fear is a disaster for Slark. The silence prevents him from using Dark Pact to purge stuns or Pounce to escape, leaving him completely vulnerable to a gank. Night Stalker can easily hold him in place for his team to finish off. This interaction is at its worst for Slark during the first night, a key timing for both heroes. Slark wants to start finding pick-offs and building stacks, but Night Stalker’s ability to hunt him down and disable his entire kit forces him into a much more passive game. This denies Slark his typical snowball potential and allows Night Stalker to control the map's tempo early.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Night Stalker's win rate against Slark 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 | 48.57% | 315 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.80% | 1,018 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.73% | 1,077 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.11% | 413 |
Night Stalker's win rate against Slark 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 | 56.91% | ▲ +1.2pp | 984 |
| 7.41d | 55.74% | ▲ +0.6pp | 90,107 |
| 7.41c | 55.15% | ▲ +0.8pp | 55,925 |
| 7.41b | 54.34% | — | 67,224 |
Move this data into a draft
Night Stalker starts on Radiant and Slark on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.