How Lich and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lich and Night Stalker win 55.99% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,268 matches.
Seeing Lich and Night Stalker together on the draft screen means you are in for a rough game. Night Stalker's entire plan is to run at a target and not let them go, and Lich provides the perfect tools for it. A Frost Shield on a charging Night Stalker makes him much harder to kill and slows anyone he gets close to. This stacks with the slow from Void, making it nearly impossible for a target to run away. If they somehow create distance, Lich's Sinister Gaze can drag them right back in for the kill.
This pressure starts the moment the first night hits. The pair can roam the map and pick off almost any hero they find, forcing the enemy team to group up much earlier than they want to. This cedes map control and creates a huge gold and experience deficit. In later teamfights, Crippling Fear's silence makes it easier for Chain Frost to get its full duration, and the slows keep enemies clumped for the bounces. The other team has to choose between playing separated and getting picked off, or playing together and losing the map.
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 | 55.86% | 290 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.46% | 1,045 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.30% | 1,274 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.90% | 618 |
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 | 55.99% | ▲ +0.1pp | 1,268 |
| 7.41d | 55.88% | ▲ +0.5pp | 103,225 |
| 7.41c | 55.33% | ▲ +0.7pp | 57,424 |
| 7.41b | 54.64% | — | 56,139 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.