How Death Prophet and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Death Prophet and Nyx Assassin win 51.20% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,379 matches.
Setting up a kill for Death Prophet with a Vendetta gank seems simple, but the heroes' goals don't fully align. Nyx Assassin wants to deliver a quick burst of damage with his spells and retreat, while Death Prophet wants to apply sustained pressure with Exorcism, running targets down over a longer period. His Impale offers a stun along a line, but its duration alone isn't always enough to keep an enemy within ghost range if they have an escape. The two heroes want to kill people in different ways, leading to moments where their combined impact is less than the sum of its parts.
During mid-game teamfights, this disconnect can become more obvious. Nyx Assassin is at his best lurking on the edges, finding and eliminating a key support or intelligence-based core with Mana Burn. Meanwhile, Death Prophet needs to be in the center of the fight to maximize her ultimate's damage. While Nyx can certainly use his stuns to help peel for her, he isn't a durable frontline hero who can stand and protect her. Success for this pairing relies heavily on finding a single, shared target to overwhelm, which isn't always possible in a chaotic fight.
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 | 53.57% | 196 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.21% | 443 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.57% | 446 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.07% | 169 |
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 | 51.20% | ▲ +2.1pp | 3,379 |
| 7.41d | 49.12% | 0.0pp | 43,260 |
| 7.41c | 49.12% | ▼ -0.5pp | 20,416 |
| 7.41b | 49.61% | — | 20,405 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.