How Night Stalker and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker and Vengeful Spirit win 55.75% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,338 matches.
Trying to survive a gank from these two at night is a nightmare. Vengeful Spirit can start the fight from a long way off with a Magic Missile, giving Night Stalker all the time he needs to run in and apply Crippling Fear. Once the target is silenced and stunned, a follow-up Wave of Terror shreds their armor, making Night Stalker's physical attacks hit incredibly hard. It's a simple but brutal combination of lockdown and physical amplification that is very difficult to escape from.
This ganking pressure starts at the first night and doesn't let up. Night Stalker and Vengeful Spirit can roam together, forcing the enemy team to play scared and give up map control. Any hero caught alone is likely dead, which translates into easy towers and objectives. The opposing team must group up much earlier than they want to, slowing their farm. Even Vengeful Spirit's Nether Swap, often used defensively, becomes another tool to initiate by pulling a key target into the darkness for Night Stalker.
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 | 52.63% | 304 |
| Crusader & Archon | 58.48% | 1,279 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.13% | 1,472 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.36% | 538 |
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 | 55.75% | ▼ -0.1pp | 1,338 |
| 7.41d | 55.82% | ▲ +1.0pp | 104,134 |
| 7.41c | 54.78% | ▲ +0.7pp | 34,234 |
| 7.41b | 54.08% | — | 33,113 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.