How Dawnbreaker and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Nyx Assassin win 57.33% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 839 matches.
Playing against this duo means nowhere on the map is safe. Nyx Assassin roams with Vendetta to find an isolated target, and his initial Impale provides the perfect setup for Dawnbreaker to respond with Solar Guardian from anywhere. This global ganking threat is incredibly reliable. The long lockdown from Nyx's stun guarantees that Dawnbreaker can land her full Starbreaker combo, and their combined burst damage is often enough to kill a hero before they can react.
This constant pressure forces the enemy team to play defensively and group up, which in turn slows down their farm and cedes map control. They have to over-invest in vision to track Nyx's movements, while the Dawnbreaker team gets to play proactively. The strategy becomes simple: find a pickoff using the combo, create a numbers advantage, and then use that advantage to take towers or secure Roshan. The opponents are left trying to predict the attack, while your team gets to dictate the pace of the game.
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 | 54.71% | 170 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.33% | 690 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.02% | 867 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.57% | 394 |
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 | 57.33% | ▲ +2.6pp | 839 |
| 7.41d | 54.72% | ▼ -0.7pp | 74,012 |
| 7.41c | 55.42% | ▼ -0.7pp | 41,726 |
| 7.41b | 56.08% | — | 35,113 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.