How Dark Willow and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Night Stalker win 53.37% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 579 matches.
Getting jumped at night by this pair is a serious problem. Night Stalker’s Crippling Fear makes it impossible to cast defensive spells, giving Dark Willow a wide-open window to land a Cursed Crown or trap you in Bramble Maze. This extended lockdown is exactly what he needs to stay on a target and secure kills, helping him snowball during his key timings. Dark Willow basically guarantees that Night Stalker’s aggression isn’t wasted chasing heroes he can't quite pin down on his own. Later in the game, her area control and teamfight ultimate make it very difficult for an enemy team to group up and fight back effectively under Dark Ascension.
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 | 41.56% | 154 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.72% | 443 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.89% | 569 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.28% | 323 |
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 | 53.37% | ▲ +2.6pp | 579 |
| 7.41d | 50.79% | ▼ -1.2pp | 44,548 |
| 7.41c | 52.01% | ▲ +0.9pp | 21,421 |
| 7.41b | 51.09% | — | 23,186 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.