How Lina and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Lina and Night Stalker win 49.92% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 59,568 matches.
Landing Light Strike Array becomes much more reliable when the target is silenced. Night Stalker can run at an enemy and cast Crippling Fear, an instant area-of-effect silence that prevents them from using blinks or other escape abilities. This creates a perfect window for Lina to land her delayed stun without any trouble. Once the target is locked down, Lina can follow up with her full magical burst to secure a quick kill. It's a simple, effective ganking combination.
This duo's game plan comes online during the first night. Night Stalker begins to roam aggressively, using his superior vision and movement speed to find isolated enemies. Lina's role is to be ready to join him and provide the heavy magic damage needed to finish the target. The constant threat of this combo forces the enemy team to play much more defensively, grouping up and staying near their towers. This pressure can create a lot of space for the rest of your team to farm or take objectives around 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 | 45.26% | 422 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.69% | 1,797 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.72% | 2,878 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.44% | 1,024 |
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 | 49.92% | ▼ -2.3pp | 59,568 |
| 7.41e | 52.20% | ▼ -0.6pp | 222,217 |
| 7.41d | 52.83% | ▲ +1.2pp | 149,568 |
| 7.41c | 51.65% | — | 57,420 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.