How Night Stalker and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Spectre win 57.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,428 matches.
Using Haunt to scout the entire map gives Night Stalker a perfect target. Once Spectre reveals an isolated enemy, Night Stalker can immediately fly in and apply his silence and burst damage. The target has very little time to react, especially since their vision is already limited by Hunter in the Night. If the initial assault isn't enough, Spectre can then use her own Haunt illusion to jump in and secure the kill. This combination of global vision, lockdown, and follow-up damage makes it extremely difficult for any single hero to be anywhere alone once night falls.
This forces the enemy team to play defensively and stay grouped together. Sticking as five slows down their farm and surrenders map control, which is exactly what a farming Spectre wants. Every successful gank Night Stalker gets with Haunt not only puts the enemy behind but also accelerates Spectre towards her core items. The duo creates a difficult choice for the opponents: split up and get picked off, or group up and fall behind in net worth. This pressure allows your team to dictate the pace of the game from the first night cycle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 57.06% | 361 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.88% | 1,281 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.60% | 1,425 |
| Divine & Immortal | 59.00% | 622 |
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 | 57.77% | ▲ +0.8pp | 1,428 |
| 7.41d | 56.94% | ▼ -0.9pp | 108,040 |
| 7.41c | 57.89% | ▲ +1.7pp | 46,652 |
| 7.41b | 56.14% | — | 43,301 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.