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.

Top 5 builds cover 59% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Blink Dagger → Black King Bar → Nullifier · 262 games · win rate 59.5%

Everything below follows the selected build.

Full build

From the starting items to the late game, in this build's games with the filters above. Each phase shows up to 3 combinations with win rate, games and share of the build's games; the most played is highlighted.

Most common path

1 · Starting items

0:00

70.6%34 · 13%
37.5%32 · 12%
46.7%15 · 6%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

50.0%40 · 15%
58.3%24 · 9%
70.6%17 · 6%

Finished items only: no components, consumables or Aghanim's Shard. Any order; shown in the most common one.

3 · Core

first 3 key items

57.9%242 · 92%
60.0%10 · 4%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

71.2%66 · 25%
58.0%50 · 19%
81.4%43 · 16%

Any order, shown in the most common one. A game counts if it reached at least one of the items.

Situational items

Bought in at least 5% of this build's games and not on the most common path, sorted by win-rate change.

Soul Ring40% of games · ~8:28+9.7 pts
Headdress35% of games · ~8:45+8.1 pts
Drum of Endurance35% of games · ~10:30+8.1 pts
Power Treads31% of games · ~6:49+0.7 pts
Sange17% of games · ~42:50−2.1 pts
Abyssal Blade13% of games · ~45:11−12.7 pts

Win-rate change: win rate of the build's games with the item minus without it, in percentage points. At least 30 games on each side.

Skill order, levels 1–25

65.0% · 40 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

88% · 65.3% · 3,222

+100 Midnight Feast Lifesteal

12% · 62.5% · 445

+15 Strength

75% · 62.3% · 175

+75 Crippling Fear Radius

25% · 50.8% · 59

20% Hunter in the Night Status Resistance

68% · 61.5% · 179

+25 Dark Ascension Damage

32% · 55.4% · 83

+10 Crippling Fear DPS

52% · 56.3% · 135

-1s Void Cooldown

48% · 63.0% · 127

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

Talents at 10, 15, 20: the games of this build. Talents at 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.

Neutral items

54.4% · 1,909

51.1% · 1,742

51.5% · 1,508

50.6% · 1,366

49.0% · 690

44.3% · 528

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~18:24

5–10 min	▲ 54.9%	173
10–15 min	▲ 57.9%	2,020
15–20 min	▲ 57.8%	5,112
20–25 min	▼ 44.7%	1,889
25–30 min	▼ 40.4%	619
30–35 min	▼ 48.6%	173
35–40 min	▼ 45.7%	92
40–45 min	▲ 72.0%	25
45–50 min	▲ 53.8%	13
50–55 min	▲ 85.7%	7
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	2
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	3

Bought before 15:00: 57.7% wins; later: 53.0%.

Black King Bar~28:16

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 67.6%	225
20–25 min	▲ 68.3%	2,139
25–30 min	▲ 57.7%	3,864
30–35 min	▼ 47.5%	1,903
35–40 min	▼ 46.2%	634
40–45 min	▼ 49.1%	167
45–50 min	▲ 52.7%	55
50–55 min	▼ 46.2%	13
55–60 min	▲ 60.0%	5
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 68.3% wins; later: 53.4%.

Echo Sabre~16:05

5–10 min	▲ 78.4%	97
10–15 min	▲ 61.8%	4,030
15–20 min	▼ 49.0%	2,978
20–25 min	▼ 45.4%	732
25–30 min	▼ 42.9%	268
30–35 min	▲ 51.4%	111
35–40 min	▼ 36.7%	49
40–45 min	▼ 28.6%	14
45–50 min	▲ 83.3%	6
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 62.2% wins; later: 47.8%.

Harpoon~29:43

10–15 min	▲ 92.0%	25
15–20 min	▲ 73.2%	515
20–25 min	▲ 67.0%	766
25–30 min	▲ 71.4%	1,053
30–35 min	▲ 64.4%	965
35–40 min	▲ 58.0%	610
40–45 min	▲ 56.1%	269
45–50 min	▲ 58.2%	122
50–55 min	▲ 53.8%	39
55–60 min	▼ 46.2%	13
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	8
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 69.9% wins; later: 64.3%.

Skull Basher~33:55

10–15 min	▼ 36.8%	19
15–20 min	▲ 59.1%	115
20–25 min	▲ 72.6%	292
25–30 min	▲ 71.3%	624
30–35 min	▲ 68.6%	888
35–40 min	▲ 65.9%	853
40–45 min	▲ 60.5%	367
45–50 min	▲ 51.8%	193
50–55 min	▼ 46.9%	64
55–60 min	▲ 54.5%	22
60–65 min	▼ 44.4%	9
65–70 min	▲ 60.0%	5

Bought before 30:00: 69.7% wins; later: 64.2%.

Nullifier~36:07

15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 75.8%	62
25–30 min	▲ 77.2%	337
30–35 min	▲ 67.0%	703
35–40 min	▲ 60.0%	732
40–45 min	▲ 58.6%	348
45–50 min	▲ 55.8%	154
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	54
55–60 min	▲ 58.8%	17
60–65 min	▲ 83.3%	6
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	2
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
80–85 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 70.4% wins; later: 58.9%.

Sange~36:54

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 76.0%	25
15–20 min	▲ 66.7%	81
20–25 min	▲ 71.1%	128
25–30 min	▲ 72.1%	229
30–35 min	▲ 75.5%	376
35–40 min	▲ 70.5%	515
40–45 min	▲ 69.7%	390
45–50 min	▲ 63.5%	241
50–55 min	▲ 56.0%	100
55–60 min	▲ 55.0%	40
60–65 min	▼ 46.2%	13
65–70 min	▲ 62.5%	8

Bought before 35:00: 73.1% wins; later: 67.1%.

Assault Cuirass~38:16

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	4
20–25 min	▲ 87.5%	40
25–30 min	▲ 81.8%	181
30–35 min	▲ 80.2%	439
35–40 min	▲ 71.1%	596
40–45 min	▲ 62.5%	387
45–50 min	▲ 57.4%	188
50–55 min	▲ 50.6%	81
55–60 min	▲ 53.3%	30
60–65 min	▲ 58.3%	12
65–70 min	▲ 80.0%	5
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 35:00: 81.2% wins; later: 64.9%.