How Crystal Maiden and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Nyx Assassin win 53.57% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,084 matches.
Thinking this lane is about Crystal Maiden setting up kills for Nyx Assassin misses the real strength. The constant mana from Arcane Aura lets Nyx spam his stun and Mana Burn from the first wave, crippling the opponent's ability to lane at all. This drains their resources completely, creating kill windows that don't rely on perfect initiation. A single Frostbite is enough for Nyx to land Impale, and from there, the target often can't fight back because they have no mana left to cast their own spells.
This early pressure snowballs hard. Nyx Assassin can stay on the map indefinitely, using Vendetta to gank without ever needing to ferry consumables or return to fountain. This gives Crystal Maiden space to secure her own items and levels safely. In teamfights, a good Impale on a key target makes it trivial for CM to channel a full Freezing Field. The enemy is forced to play defensively, constantly buying detection and trying to punish Crystal Maiden whenever Nyx leaves her side, but the global mana support makes this difficult to execute.
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 | 55.98% | 443 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.18% | 1,159 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.08% | 1,023 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.40% | 334 |
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 | 53.57% | ▲ +0.3pp | 8,084 |
| 7.41d | 53.25% | ▲ +0.3pp | 95,968 |
| 7.41c | 52.92% | ▲ +0.1pp | 39,651 |
| 7.41b | 52.87% | — | 39,598 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.