How Night Stalker and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Phantom Assassin win 53.85% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,649 matches.
Crippling Fear landing on a target leaves them unable to cast escape or lockdown spells, which is a perfect opening for Phantom Assassin. She can use Phantom Strike to get on top of the silenced enemy and start attacking without fear of being disabled by their abilities. This makes her initial burst much more reliable. Night Stalker naturally provides the vision and control to set these ganks up, especially during the first night when both heroes want to be aggressive. He finds the target, locks them down with silence, and Phantom Assassin secures the kill. It’s a straightforward pairing that helps both heroes execute their game plan.
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 | 50.24% | 615 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.42% | 1,630 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.66% | 1,351 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.70% | 383 |
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 | 53.85% | ▲ +0.4pp | 1,649 |
| 7.41d | 53.41% | ▼ -0.1pp | 119,548 |
| 7.41c | 53.47% | ▲ +1.4pp | 63,487 |
| 7.41b | 52.06% | — | 60,063 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.