How Night Stalker and Tiny perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Tiny win 49.39% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 413 matches.
Pairing these two cores often means choosing between two different game plans that can get in each other's way. Tiny's strength lies in his Avalanche and Toss combo, which displaces an enemy for burst damage. Night Stalker, on the other hand, wants to run at a target during his Dark Ascension, silence them with Crippling Fear, and keep them in place to attack. The core problem is that Toss directly interferes with Night Stalker’s chase. A successful combo from one hero often ruins the setup for the other, making it difficult to secure kills together.
This clumsiness shows up in mid-game ganks. Night Stalker might fly onto a target and start his assault, only for Tiny to Toss the enemy away to a safer spot by accident. For this pair to work, one hero usually has to hold back a key spell. Maybe Tiny only uses Avalanche, or Night Stalker waits for a target to land from Toss before committing his silence. This hesitation gives opponents a window to escape or counter-initiate. Enemies don't need to fear their combined burst as much because it’s so awkward to execute cleanly.
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 | 51.67% | 120 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.64% | 389 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.45% | 483 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.52% | 282 |
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 | 49.39% | ▲ +2.4pp | 413 |
| 7.41d | 46.96% | ▼ -1.3pp | 41,854 |
| 7.41c | 48.23% | ▼ -0.0pp | 31,504 |
| 7.41b | 48.26% | — | 34,236 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.