How Night Stalker and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Sven win 57.75% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 852 matches.
Catching someone with Sven's Storm Hammer is much easier when Night Stalker is providing high-ground vision and speed during Dark Ascension. This pairing excels at hunting isolated heroes as soon as the first night hits. Sven brings the stun and the physical burst from God's Strength, while Night Stalker layers on a silence and slows to prevent any escape. Their combined pressure forces opponents to group up early, which can disrupt enemy farm patterns and give your team map control. This active, aggressive style creates the space Sven needs to hit his timings and helps set up favorable fights for the rest of the game.
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 | 51.47% | 204 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.40% | 648 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.38% | 716 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.17% | 291 |
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 | 57.75% | ▲ +3.9pp | 852 |
| 7.41d | 53.89% | ▲ +0.4pp | 45,803 |
| 7.41c | 53.52% | ▲ +1.6pp | 18,388 |
| 7.41b | 51.94% | — | 19,629 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.