How Night Stalker and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Tusk win 53.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 592 matches.
Trapping a target in Ice Shards sets up a very easy Crippling Fear from Night Stalker. This lockdown combination lets them isolate and burst down a single hero, especially during the first night. Tusk can also use Snowball to deliver Night Stalker directly onto a priority target, creating an aggressive ganking pair. The entire game plan is about finding these pickoffs to build an early lead. However, both heroes rely heavily on that momentum. If the initial ganks fail or the enemy team starts grouping up, their shared focus on single-target aggression can leave them struggling to take objectives or win larger teamfights, making the game a toss-up.
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 | 52.59% | 116 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.17% | 424 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.80% | 676 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.98% | 418 |
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 | 53.55% | ▲ +2.5pp | 592 |
| 7.41d | 51.09% | ▼ -0.6pp | 44,829 |
| 7.41c | 51.72% | ▲ +1.1pp | 25,591 |
| 7.41b | 50.63% | — | 28,280 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.