How Kez and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kez and Nyx Assassin win 51.40% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 358 matches.
Picking these two together looks like a classic setup-and-kill combo, but the timing is often awkward. Early on, Nyx Assassin is ready to gank and can land a perfect Impale, but Kez is usually still focused on farming and lacks the damage to turn that setup into a kill. By the time Kez comes online as a duelist, the game has often shifted. Both heroes excel at bursting down a single isolated target, which can leave your team vulnerable to coordinated pushes or teamfights where the enemy sticks together. You end up with two heroes trying to do a similar job at different points in 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 | 54.81% | 135 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.94% | 343 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.93% | 324 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.72% | 161 |
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 | 51.40% | ▲ +5.0pp | 358 |
| 7.41d | 46.38% | ▼ -1.9pp | 37,312 |
| 7.41c | 48.31% | ▼ -0.7pp | 23,985 |
| 7.41b | 49.02% | — | 16,897 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.