How Dazzle and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Dazzle and Night Stalker win 52.51% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 16,731 matches.
Diving with a Night Stalker can feel like a suicide mission for a support, but Dazzle is uniquely equipped to help from a safe distance. While Night Stalker is running down a target during his ultimate, a long-range Shallow Grave can guarantee he survives to finish the job and get out. This turns what would have been a one-for-one trade into a clean kill. Dazzle's Poison Touch also layers on another slow, making it extremely difficult for anyone to escape once Night Stalker has chosen his victim.
The early nights are where this duo looks to get ahead. Night Stalker hunts for isolated heroes, and Dazzle provides the backup to secure kills and snowball. The main problem is that neither hero likes being the one who gets initiated on, and they can struggle against coordinated teamfights or heavy push lineups. If the enemy team can find and burst Dazzle before he can cast his spells, Night Stalker is left on his own. This forces a specific, aggressive playstyle that doesn't always pay off.
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 | 54.56% | 504 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.01% | 615 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.40% | 191 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.51% | ▲ +0.7pp | 16,731 |
| 7.41e | 51.84% | ▼ -0.6pp | 48,524 |
| 7.41d | 52.48% | ▼ -0.3pp | 47,832 |
| 7.41c | 52.74% | — | 21,256 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.