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.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Echo Sabre~15:54
Blink Dagger~17:22
Harpoon~29:21

Skill order, levels 1–25

53.0% · 285 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.

This build has too few games for its own order, so this is the hero's most common order at this rank and position.

Talents

-35s Dark Ascension Cooldown

92% · 61.9% · 315

+100 Midnight Feast Lifesteal

8% · 69.0% · 29

+15 Strength

76% · 61.9% · 601

+75 Crippling Fear Radius

24% · 57.7% · 189

20% Hunter in the Night Status Resistance

49% · 78.9% · 38

+25 Dark Ascension Damage

51% · 67.5% · 40

+10 Crippling Fear DPS

40% · 78.1% · 32

-1s Void Cooldown

60% · 71.4% · 49

+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

56.5% · 285

53.4% · 58

63.2% · 57

Neutral items

46.5% · 200

52.7% · 186

51.2% · 162

57.9% · 159

58.1% · 62

40.4% · 52

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~17:22

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	26
10–15 min	▲ 54.8%	299
15–20 min	▲ 56.8%	565
20–25 min	▼ 40.1%	167
25–30 min	▼ 47.9%	48
30–35 min	▲ 75.0%	8
35–40 min	▼ 42.9%	7
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 15:00: 54.5% wins; later: 53.0%.

Black King Bar~26:56

15–20 min	▲ 64.7%	34
20–25 min	▲ 68.1%	301
25–30 min	▲ 53.1%	409
30–35 min	▼ 45.7%	162
35–40 min	▼ 43.9%	41
40–45 min	▲ 62.5%	8
45–50 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 25:00: 67.8% wins; later: 50.6%.

Echo Sabre~15:54

5–10 min	▲ 71.4%	7
10–15 min	▲ 62.2%	360
15–20 min	▲ 51.3%	232
20–25 min	▼ 40.6%	64
25–30 min	▲ 53.8%	26
30–35 min	▲ 66.7%	9
35–40 min	▼ 16.7%	6

Bought before 15:00: 62.4% wins; later: 49.3%.

Nullifier~34:52

15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	2
20–25 min	▲ 81.8%	11
25–30 min	▲ 75.9%	79
30–35 min	▲ 59.3%	118
35–40 min	▲ 60.7%	112
40–45 min	▲ 56.1%	41
45–50 min	▲ 61.1%	18
50–55 min	▲ 80.0%	10
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 76.1% wins; later: 60.3%.

Harpoon~29:21

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 77.3%	44
20–25 min	▲ 73.1%	67
25–30 min	▲ 75.3%	85
30–35 min	▲ 60.5%	86
35–40 min	▲ 60.0%	55
40–45 min	▼ 36.4%	11
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	10
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 75.0% wins; later: 63.6%.

Skull Basher~35:14

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 75.0%	4
20–25 min	▲ 76.9%	13
25–30 min	▲ 68.0%	50
30–35 min	▲ 54.9%	71
35–40 min	▲ 72.4%	87
40–45 min	▲ 51.4%	35
45–50 min	▲ 59.1%	22
50–55 min	▼ 25.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 62.6% wins; later: 64.7%.

Assault Cuirass~37:15

20–25 min	▲ 71.4%	7
25–30 min	▲ 82.8%	29
30–35 min	▲ 88.2%	51
35–40 min	▲ 73.4%	64
40–45 min	▲ 65.6%	32
45–50 min	▼ 46.2%	13
50–55 min	▼ 41.7%	12
55–60 min	▲ 75.0%	4
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 85.1% wins; later: 65.9%.

Hand of Midas~13:19

5–10 min	▼ 48.0%	25
10–15 min	▲ 51.3%	119
15–20 min	▼ 32.4%	37
20–25 min	▼ 20.0%	10
25–30 min	▲ 100.0%	1
30–35 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 10:00: 48.0% wins; later: 45.2%.