How Necrophos and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Necrophos and Nyx Assassin win 55.83% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,433 matches.
Setting up a kill on a priority target becomes much simpler with this duo. Nyx Assassin brings the lockdown from Impale that Necrophos lacks, allowing him to get in range and apply his sustained damage and Heartstopper Aura. The initial burst damage from a Nyx gank also naturally lowers an enemy's health into the perfect range for a Reaper's Scythe finisher. It's a very straightforward and effective ganking partnership. Nyx provides the catch and initial damage, while Necrophos follows up to secure the kill, guaranteeing he gets his bonus regeneration from the ultimate. This lets both heroes snowball from early pickoffs.
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 | 56.54% | 474 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.73% | 1,566 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.48% | 1,498 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.75% | 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 | 55.83% | ▲ +0.4pp | 1,433 |
| 7.41d | 55.48% | ▼ -0.0pp | 154,304 |
| 7.41c | 55.52% | ▲ +0.9pp | 69,628 |
| 7.41b | 54.59% | — | 58,229 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.