How Bristleback and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bristleback and Night Stalker win 48.92% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 139 matches.
Dealing with this duo charging you is miserable, especially once the first night hits. Night Stalker creates chaos by reducing vision and silencing a key hero with Crippling Fear. This gives Bristleback the perfect opening to run past the frontline and start building up damage on vulnerable targets. With an enemy already slowed and unable to cast spells, Bristleback can easily stack up Nasal Goo and Quill Spray, quickly becoming overwhelming. Both heroes are naturally durable and want to be in the middle of the fight, letting them dictate the pace of the game from the early stages. Focusing one down is difficult and often leaves the other free to rampage through your backline.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 47.90% | 119 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.99% | 134 |
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 | 48.92% | ▼ -0.8pp | 139 |
| 7.41d | 49.76% | ▼ -3.8pp | 14,797 |
| 7.41c | 53.54% | ▼ -0.5pp | 11,518 |
| 7.41b | 54.08% | — | 13,976 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.