How Nyx Assassin and Sniper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Nyx Assassin and Sniper win 55.36% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,801 matches.
Finding a lone hero becomes a simple kill. Nyx Assassin can scout invisibly with Vendetta, find a target, and lock them down with Impale. This gives Sniper more than enough time to apply Shrapnel and unload damage from a completely safe distance, often finishing with Assassinate before the stun even ends. Defensively, Nyx is the perfect bodyguard. Anyone attempting to jump on Sniper with a big spell or Blink Dagger risks hitting Spiked Carapace, stunning themselves and turning an easy gank into their own death.
The duo's game plan is to control the tempo through pickoffs. Nyx Assassin constantly pressures lanes and makes the map unsafe for enemy supports, creating space for Sniper to farm freely. Once Sniper has some damage, they can proactively hunt key targets together. The other team is forced to play defensively and stick together, which can slow their own progression. If the game goes late, Nyx's job shifts to pure counter-initiation, sitting invisibly next to Sniper and waiting to punish the first hero who tries to start a fight.
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 | 56.89% | 805 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.59% | 2,032 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.13% | 1,471 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.79% | 373 |
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 | 55.36% | ▲ +2.6pp | 1,801 |
| 7.41d | 52.78% | ▼ -1.7pp | 179,629 |
| 7.41c | 54.45% | ▲ +2.3pp | 81,340 |
| 7.41b | 52.15% | — | 75,846 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.