How Nyx Assassin and Tidehunter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Nyx Assassin and Tidehunter win 52.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 18,490 matches.
Thinking you can spread out to dodge Ravage is standard, but it makes you vulnerable to Nyx Assassin. An invisible Nyx can easily find an isolated target and lock them down with Impale. This setup gives Tidehunter a free window to blink in and land his ultimate on that hero and anyone who tries to save them. The follow-up Gush also reduces armor, making Nyx’s Vendetta strike hit much harder and securing a quick kill before the fight even begins. It's a classic one-two punch that turns a single hero's misstep into a teamfight win.
Across the mid-game, this duo dictates the pace. Nyx Assassin roams ahead, scouting for targets while Tidehunter farms or shadows him, ready to teleport or blink in. This threat forces opponents to play defensively, ceding map control and objectives. The enemy team is caught in a bind: group up to survive Nyx's ganks and get hit by a multi-hero Ravage, or spread out to dodge the ultimate and get picked off one by one. This constant pressure makes it very difficult for the other team to establish a foothold on the map.
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 | 54.76% | 126 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.48% | 524 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.00% | 634 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.66% | 207 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.34% | ▼ -0.3pp | 18,490 |
| 7.41e | 52.61% | ▲ +0.2pp | 59,933 |
| 7.41d | 52.46% | ▼ -0.3pp | 83,006 |
| 7.41c | 52.73% | — | 41,268 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.