Night Stalker — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

▲ 58.3%168 · 29%Talent path: 10 left, 15 right, 20 right, 25 left

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Echo Sabre~17:03
Blink Dagger~19:43
Black King Bar~29:45

Skill order, levels 1–25

55.8% · 43 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Void	1		3		5		7
Crippling Fear				4								12		14	15
Midnight Feast		2						8	9	10
Dark Ascension						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

-35s Dark Ascension Cooldown

87% · 64.2% · 187

+100 Midnight Feast Lifesteal

13% · 69.0% · 29

+15 Strength

77% · 58.4% · 361

+75 Crippling Fear Radius

23% · 64.8% · 105

20% Hunter in the Night Status Resistance

65% · 52.8% · 108

+25 Dark Ascension Damage

35% · 67.2% · 58

+10 Crippling Fear DPS

25% · 64.3% · 42

-1s Void Cooldown

75% · 56.3% · 126

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Talents at 10, 15: the games of this build. Talents at 20, 25: all the hero's games at this rank and position, because this build has under 30 games on a side. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

50.0% · 204

50.0% · 48

54.5% · 22

Neutral items

60.2% · 113

54.2% · 96

58.1% · 74

52.3% · 65

41.7% · 48

47.8% · 46

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Blink Dagger~19:43

5–10 min	▲ 57.1%	7
10–15 min	▲ 56.5%	62
15–20 min	▲ 56.3%	240
20–25 min	▲ 53.5%	114
25–30 min	▼ 48.1%	52
30–35 min	▼ 37.5%	16
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	4
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 15:00: 56.5% wins; later: 53.7%.

Echo Sabre~17:03

5–10 min	▲ 66.7%	6
10–15 min	▲ 65.5%	197
15–20 min	▼ 49.5%	186
20–25 min	▼ 47.4%	57
25–30 min	▼ 38.1%	21
30–35 min	▼ 40.0%	10
35–40 min	▼ 42.9%	7
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	2
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 65.5% wins; later: 47.9%.

Black King Bar~29:45

15–20 min	▲ 60.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 63.8%	94
25–30 min	▲ 58.9%	158
30–35 min	▲ 60.7%	117
35–40 min	▲ 53.5%	43
40–45 min	▲ 55.0%	20
45–50 min	▲ 60.0%	10
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 63.5% wins; later: 58.5%.

Harpoon~29:39

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 74.1%	27
20–25 min	▲ 69.4%	49
25–30 min	▲ 59.3%	54
30–35 min	▲ 64.7%	51
35–40 min	▲ 69.0%	29
40–45 min	▲ 64.3%	14
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	7
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	3
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 71.4% wins; later: 63.5%.

Skull Basher~32:24

10–15 min	▼ 0.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 58.3%	12
20–25 min	▲ 54.2%	24
25–30 min	▲ 56.3%	48
30–35 min	▲ 68.0%	75
35–40 min	▲ 72.5%	40
40–45 min	▲ 63.2%	19
45–50 min	▲ 54.5%	11
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3

Bought before 30:00: 55.3% wins; later: 67.3%.

Sange~35:50

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	2
15–20 min	▼ 33.3%	9
20–25 min	▲ 83.3%	6
25–30 min	▲ 60.0%	15
30–35 min	▲ 67.9%	28
35–40 min	▲ 81.8%	33
40–45 min	▲ 75.0%	20
45–50 min	▲ 68.8%	16
50–55 min	▼ 33.3%	3
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	2
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 63.3% wins; later: 72.4%.

Assault Cuirass~39:37

20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	1
25–30 min	▲ 57.1%	7
30–35 min	▲ 75.0%	16
35–40 min	▲ 62.1%	29
40–45 min	▲ 56.0%	25
45–50 min	▲ 56.3%	16
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	4
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 70.8% wins; later: 58.7%.

Abyssal Blade~40:04

25–30 min	▲ 66.7%	6
30–35 min	▲ 77.8%	18
35–40 min	▲ 75.9%	29
40–45 min	▲ 70.8%	24
45–50 min	▲ 72.7%	11
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	8
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 40:00: 75.5% wins; later: 65.2%.