How Dark Willow and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Nyx Assassin win 51.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,845 matches.
Setting up kills for Dark Willow is where this pair can find success. Nyx Assassin's Impale provides a reliable stun for Cursed Crown to land. Chaining these two lockdown abilities together can secure a pickoff on an isolated target. However, both heroes are squishy and rely on similar timings to come online. If they fall behind, neither offers much frontline presence or sustained damage, making it hard to recover. The combination is effective when ahead but offers little safety net if the early game goes poorly. This lack of a backup plan or role diversity often leads to very polarized, all-or-nothing games for the 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 42.07% | 145 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.91% | 407 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.84% | 415 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.68% | 149 |
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 | 51.35% | ▲ +2.1pp | 2,845 |
| 7.41d | 49.21% | ▲ +0.3pp | 35,921 |
| 7.41c | 48.96% | ▲ +0.8pp | 13,607 |
| 7.41b | 48.17% | — | 13,520 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.