How Nyx Assassin and Spirit Breaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Nyx Assassin and Spirit Breaker win 52.59% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,288 matches.
Finding pick-offs across the map gets a little easier with this pairing. Spirit Breaker's Charge of Darkness provides the global initiation and a reliable stun to start the fight. While he's en route, Nyx Assassin can get into position under Vendetta. Once Spirit Breaker arrives, Nyx can immediately follow up with Impale and his burst damage. The chain of stuns often leaves a single target completely locked down, unable to react before they are eliminated. This makes converting a charge into a kill very consistent.
This constant threat forces the enemy team to play defensively, making it risky for them to farm aggressively or ward alone. The space created can open up objectives for your team. However, the strategy depends entirely on finding isolated heroes. A coordinated opponent will group up earlier than they might want to, effectively neutralizing the gank potential. If the enemy team sticks together, it becomes much harder for either Spirit Breaker or Nyx to find a safe opening, which keeps the overall advantage from being too decisive.
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 | 48.34% | 451 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.37% | 1,233 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.67% | 1,119 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.94% | 340 |
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 | 52.59% | ▲ +0.2pp | 8,288 |
| 7.41d | 52.40% | ▲ +0.2pp | 105,098 |
| 7.41c | 52.24% | ▲ +0.6pp | 45,952 |
| 7.41b | 51.61% | — | 52,152 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.