How Bane and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Night Stalker win 53.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 480 matches.
Controlling the map from the first night cycle becomes much easier, creating space for your team to farm and take objectives. Night Stalker is already looking to hunt heroes as soon as the sun goes down. If Bane is with him, a successful gank is almost guaranteed. A target caught by Fiend's Grip is completely helpless for a long duration, giving Night Stalker more than enough time to close the distance and secure the kill with his high nighttime damage. Even before ultimates, a Nightmare setup ensures Night Stalker can land his slows and silences without issue. This constant threat forces enemies to group up early, leaving towers and other parts of the map undefended.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 50.40% | 371 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.82% | 425 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.32% | 246 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.12% | ▼ -0.2pp | 480 |
| 7.41d | 53.34% | ▲ +0.4pp | 35,969 |
| 7.41c | 52.96% | ▲ +0.7pp | 14,582 |
| 7.41b | 52.30% | — | 12,436 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.