How Dragon Knight and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight and Night Stalker win 54.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 176 matches.
Putting a long silence on a target with Crippling Fear makes it incredibly easy for Dragon Knight to walk in for a Dragon Tail stun. This lockdown chain gives the pair plenty of time to secure a kill on most heroes caught out of position. The bigger picture is that both heroes spike hard at night. They can group up, find a pickoff with their combined control and damage, and then immediately pressure an objective. With a numbers advantage, Dragon Knight can melt a tower while Night Stalker provides vision and security, making for a straightforward game plan once the sun goes down.
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 | 45.51% | 178 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.14% | 140 |
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 | 54.55% | ▲ +3.6pp | 176 |
| 7.41d | 50.90% | ▼ -2.0pp | 15,349 |
| 7.41c | 52.87% | ▲ +1.1pp | 12,768 |
| 7.41b | 51.76% | — | 14,858 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.