How Clinkz and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Night Stalker win 49.73% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,372 matches.
Hunting for a kill on an isolated hero becomes much easier. Night Stalker's Crippling Fear is the key, as its silence prevents the target from using escape spells to get away. A silenced enemy can't Blink out or use a defensive ability, giving Clinkz a much more reliable window to land Tar Bomb and a full Burning Barrage. The target can still use items to try and survive, but being slowed by Void and unable to cast spells often leaves them helpless long enough for the skeleton to finish the job.
This strategy relies heavily on vision control and nighttime. The duo's goal is to turn the first night cycle into a series of pick-offs, creating space and starving the enemy team of map control. Their single-target focus can struggle against early five-man grouping, however. If the enemy team sticks together and has Force Staffs or other saves ready, it becomes much harder for Clinkz and Night Stalker to find the clean kills they need to build a lead. This makes the pairing a good plan, but not a guaranteed win.
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 | 46.46% | 226 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.63% | 589 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.58% | 590 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.52% | 299 |
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 | 49.73% | ▼ -0.9pp | 4,372 |
| 7.41d | 50.64% | ▼ -1.0pp | 46,382 |
| 7.41c | 51.66% | ▼ -0.6pp | 22,168 |
| 7.41b | 52.30% | — | 24,801 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.