How Dark Seer and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Night Stalker win 49.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 111 matches.
Trying to run from a gank at the first night feels impossible against this pair. Dark Seer can place Ion Shell on Night Stalker, who is already incredibly fast and has a built-in slow. The shell's constant damage melts you while you're trying to get away, and if that's not enough, Dark Seer can cast Surge for an even greater speed boost. This setup guarantees kills on almost any hero caught out of position, allowing Night Stalker to snowball hard. Later in the game, the same principle applies: Surge helps Night Stalker find a perfect initiation, and a good Vacuum into Wall of Replica sets up easy teamfight wins for the entire team.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 47.37% | 114 |
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 | 49.55% | ▲ +0.2pp | 111 |
| 7.41d | 49.38% | ▼ -3.5pp | 8,506 |
| 7.41c | 52.84% | ▼ -3.0pp | 4,741 |
| 7.41b | 55.83% | — | 4,811 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.