How Nyx Assassin and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Nyx Assassin and Vengeful Spirit win 54.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,141 matches.
Getting caught out by this pair feels hopeless. The gank setup is straightforward and lethal. Nyx Assassin can find a target with Vendetta, and Vengeful Spirit can either follow up his Impale with her own Magic Missile for a long lockdown or use Nether Swap to bring a victim directly to him. The armor reduction from Wave of Terror amplifies Nyx's physical burst, making it very difficult for anyone to survive the initial assault. Even if they do, the chain of stuns usually gives the rest of the team more than enough time to arrive and clean up.
This duo thrives by creating constant pressure and pickoffs across the map, especially in the early to mid-game. Nyx Assassin and Vengeful Spirit often roam together, making farming any lane a risky proposition. The enemy team is forced to play defensively, group up earlier than they'd like, and spend a lot of gold on vision and defensive items like Force Staffs. If the enemy clumps together, the pair can shift focus to initiating fights by using Nether Swap to isolate a key hero for Nyx to instantly burst down, creating a numbers advantage from the start.
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 | 59.01% | 283 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.24% | 1,050 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.13% | 1,159 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.07% | 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 | 54.78% | ▼ -0.5pp | 1,141 |
| 7.41d | 55.23% | ▲ +0.9pp | 98,434 |
| 7.41c | 54.34% | ▲ +1.3pp | 25,877 |
| 7.41b | 53.04% | — | 23,021 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.