How Chaos Knight and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Nyx Assassin win 54.26% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,500 matches.
Finding a single hero out of position is what this pair excels at. Nyx Assassin can scout ahead with Vendetta to locate a target, and his initial lockdown from Impale gives Chaos Knight the window he needs. Once CK is on top of them with Reality Rift, he can add his own stun and illusions to secure the kill. The whole sequence relies on Nyx landing his initial stun, though. If that Impale misses or the target has a quick escape, the gank can easily fall apart, which is why the pairing isn't a guaranteed kill combo.
This threat of a pickoff forces the enemy to play safer during the mid-game. Supports need to place more defensive wards, and cores can't split push as aggressively. This can slow down the enemy's farm and cede map control, allowing Chaos Knight to build his items. The clear counter-play for the enemy team is to group up and move as a unit. In a full five-on-five fight, it's much harder for Nyx Assassin to isolate a key target, and the duo's ganking strength becomes less relevant.
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 | 55.21% | 259 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.17% | 572 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.72% | 376 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.72% | 121 |
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 | 54.26% | ▲ +1.5pp | 3,500 |
| 7.41d | 52.71% | ▲ +0.7pp | 43,903 |
| 7.41c | 51.99% | ▲ +0.9pp | 15,210 |
| 7.41b | 51.14% | — | 16,123 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.