How Luna and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Luna and Nyx Assassin win 53.14% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,401 matches.
Finding a carry who can capitalize on Nyx's early ganks often leads to heroes with their own lockdown or burst. Luna offers a bit of both. The primary connection is Nyx Assassin’s ability to set up kills from stealth. His stun from Impale provides the perfect window for Luna to land a Lucent Beam and follow up with a full-duration Eclipse on a single target. This combination is often enough to delete a lone hero before they can react. Luna's passive damage aura also gives Nyx a small boost to his own right-click damage, helping to secure those early pickoffs that get the game rolling.
This partnership aims to convert successful ganks into objectives. A kill orchestrated by Nyx Assassin can clear a lane, allowing Luna to safely take a tower and accelerate her farm. The game plan can struggle, however, if the enemy team groups up early. The duo excels at punishing heroes who are out of position, but they offer less against a coordinated five-man push. Both heroes are also susceptible to being burst down themselves, so if Nyx’s initiation fails or the target has immediate backup, the gank can easily be turned around on them.
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 | 53.81% | 381 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.59% | 1,224 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.48% | 1,430 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.92% | 578 |
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 | 53.14% | ▲ +0.8pp | 9,401 |
| 7.41d | 52.35% | ▼ -0.1pp | 94,258 |
| 7.41c | 52.42% | ▲ +0.6pp | 32,779 |
| 7.41b | 51.82% | — | 32,496 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.