How Night Stalker and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Shadow Demon win 49.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 221 matches.
Picking these two heroes feels like you're trying to execute two different plans at once. The core issue is a conflict in timing and purpose. Night Stalker wants to charge a target, often during Dark Ascension, and secure a kill immediately. A well-meaning Shadow Demon will often try to set this up with Disruption, but this banishes the target and makes them invulnerable. This completely halts Night Stalker's aggression, forcing him to wait while precious nighttime seconds tick away, often allowing the enemy team to respond. While a defensive Disruption can save a Night Stalker who gets jumped, their offensive kits simply don't align well enough to create consistent pressure.
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 | 51.76% | 199 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.76% | 245 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.66% | 123 |
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 | 49.32% | ▲ +1.0pp | 221 |
| 7.41d | 48.31% | ▼ -1.5pp | 21,082 |
| 7.41c | 49.84% | ▲ +0.5pp | 11,064 |
| 7.41b | 49.31% | — | 13,943 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.