How Batrider and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 47.36%
Win rate when Batrider and Night Stalker are on the same team, over 3,142 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Batrider and Night Stalker win 47.36% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,142 matches.
Why this works
Picking these two heroes together is a big bet on dominating the first night cycle. Their game plan is straightforward: Batrider finds an angle with Firefly and uses Flaming Lasso to drag a victim back to the team. With his high speed from Hunter in the Night, Night Stalker is already there, ready to apply Void and Crippling Fear to ensure the kill. The issue is that both heroes essentially fill the same initiator role and rely on a strong early-mid game. If the enemy team plays safe and weathers the storm, this duo's main power spike can pass without enough of an advantage, making the outcome feel very all-or-nothing.
Batrider + Night Stalker across patches
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
7.41f
47.36%
▲ +1.7pp
3,142
7.41e
45.64%
▼ -0.1pp
9,434
7.41d
45.69%
▼ -1.9pp
12,565
7.41c
47.61%
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7,549
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