How Shadow Fiend and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Shadow Fiend and Night Stalker win 44.66% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 44,217 matches.
Landing Shadowrazes gets a bit easier when a target is slowed by Night Stalker's Void. This simple gank setup works best during the first night, when Night Stalker comes online and can hunt with Shadow Fiend to secure early kills and build momentum. The problem is that both heroes want to be the main damage dealer and play-maker. Night Stalker provides a silence and a slow, but no hard stun to guarantee a full Requiem of Souls. Shadow Fiend's armor reduction helps Night Stalker's physical damage, but ultimately they both fill a similar role without perfectly covering each other's weaknesses, leading to a fairly balanced outcome.
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 | 49.35% | 385 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.11% | 1,852 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.59% | 2,675 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.74% | 978 |
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 | 44.66% | ▼ -6.2pp | 44,217 |
| 7.41e | 50.81% | ▼ -0.9pp | 224,538 |
| 7.41d | 51.72% | ▼ -0.4pp | 160,649 |
| 7.41c | 52.16% | — | 58,041 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.