How Night Stalker and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Slardar win 51.91% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 183 matches.
Hitting the first night with this duo puts immense pressure on the map. Slardar leads the charge, using his speed to close the gap for a Slithereen Crush. This stun perfectly sets up Night Stalker, who follows with a Void slow and a Crippling Fear silence to prevent any escape. The real problem for opponents is Slardar’s Corrosive Haze. That armor reduction makes Night Stalker’s physical damage output much higher, especially when he’s attacking quickly during Dark Ascension. Both heroes are naturally fast and aggressive, allowing them to repeatedly find pickoffs and control the tempo of the game from the first nighttime onward.
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 | 52.10% | 167 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.76% | 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 | 51.91% | ▲ +0.5pp | 183 |
| 7.41d | 51.44% | ▼ -3.6pp | 16,923 |
| 7.41c | 55.03% | ▲ +1.6pp | 12,130 |
| 7.41b | 53.47% | — | 12,623 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.