How Night Stalker and Pangolier perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Pangolier win 52.46% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 244 matches.
Getting caught out at night against this duo is a difficult situation. Night Stalker's silence from Crippling Fear prevents enemies from using escape spells or counter-initiating with stuns. This creates a better window for Pangolier to find a good angle for Rolling Thunder without being interrupted. The slow from Void also makes it easier for Pangolier to stick on a target with Swashbuckle. It’s not about a single big combo, but more about how one hero's control makes the other's damage and disruption more reliable.
The first night is where they start to apply pressure. Night Stalker can scout and initiate with his vision advantage, and Pangolier follows up on the silenced target. This forces the other team to play safer and group up, ceding map control. The challenge for this pair is maintaining that pressure, as their coordination is much weaker during the day. Surviving the nights and winning the daytime fights is the key to playing against them, as it prevents their mid-game tempo from snowballing.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 49.04% | 157 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.14% | 239 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.19% | 168 |
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 | 52.46% | ▲ +4.1pp | 244 |
| 7.41d | 48.40% | ▼ -1.0pp | 22,425 |
| 7.41c | 49.44% | ▼ -2.4pp | 20,802 |
| 7.41b | 51.87% | — | 26,220 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.