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Night Stalker

Enpowered by the shadows of nightfall

Melee

Control the clock with Night Stalker, an aggressive ganker who gains massive buffs when the sun sets. He grounds mobile targets with a slowing void and crippling silence, and can instantly darken the skies on command to hunt down fleeing supports.

Night Stalker abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

1/3
Complexity
2/3
Disabler
2/3
Durable
2/3
Initiator
1/3
Carry
1/3
Nuker

Night Stalker Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Night Stalker holds a 52.34% win rate across 267,861 ranked games. That average hides a 5.6-point swing between skill brackets — 53.59% in Divine against 48.01% in Herald — so Night Stalker rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests.

Base Stats

Night Stalker
Health626+0.3 / s
Mana255+0.25 / s
AttributeBase / Growth per lvl
strengthStrength
23+3 per lvl
agilityAgility
18+2.2 per lvl
intelligenceIntelligence
15+1.6 per lvl
StatValue
DamageDamage
63 – 67
ArmorArmor
5
Movement SpeedMovement Speed
295
Attack RangeAttack Range
150

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e
Public Win Rate52%267.9K matches
Pro Win Rate60%6W / 4L
Pro Bans947% of contests
RankPicksWin Rate
HeraldHerald
6.9K
48%
GuardianGuardian
23.4K
49%
CrusaderCrusader
40.3K
51%
ArchonArchon
56.6K
52%
LegendLegend
58.8K
53%
AncientAncient
41.6K
54%
DivineDivine
40.3K
54%

Faces of Night Stalker

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Hunter in the Night
Hidden, Passive

Night Stalker is in his element at night, attacking and moving with great swiftness.

Move Speed24%
Attack Speed38

Talent Tree

-35s Dark Ascension Cooldown
25
+100 Midnight Feast Lifesteal
+15 Strength
20
+75 Crippling Fear Radius
20% Hunter in the Night Status Resistance
15
+25 Dark Ascension Damage
+10 Crippling Fear DPS
10
-1s Void Cooldown

Abilities

Void
MagicalDispellable
Unit Target

Creates a damaging void that slows an enemy unit and deals damage. At night, Void also mini-stuns, interrupting channeling abilities, and its effects lasts longer.

Damage80 / 160 / 240 / 320
Day Duration1.25s
Night Duration1.6 / 2.2 / 2.8 / 3.4s
Move Slow50%
Attack Slow50
Invisible Damage Tickrate0.1
Max Level4
Cast Range525
Cast Time0.3s
Mana90 / 95 / 100 / 105
Cooldown11 / 10 / 9 / 8s
Crippling Fear
Magical
No Target, Instant Cast

Night Stalker horrifies all nearby enemies, causing them to become silenced and take damage over time while near him. The effect lasts longer at night.

Day Duration3s
Night Duration4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6s
Mana Interval1s
Aura Radius350
Damage Per Second25 / 30 / 35 / 40
Tick Rate0.1
Mana50
Cooldown30 / 25 / 20 / 15s
Midnight Feast
Passive

Night Stalker heals himself when attacking enemy units. At night, the ability can be activated to instantly destroy a non-ancient creep and restore a percentage of Night Stalker's maximum health and mana.

Lifesteal12 / 16 / 20 / 24
Max Health Restore10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
Max Mana Restore10% / 12% / 14% / 16%
Cast Range125
Cooldown39 / 36 / 33 / 30s
Dark Ascension
Physical
No Target

Night Stalker smothers the sun and summons instant darkness, so that he might use his powers at their fullest. Night Stalker gains flight and bonus damage during this time. Has unobstructed vision.

Duration30s
Bonus Damage50 / 100 / 150
Cast Time0.3s
Mana125 / 175 / 225
Cooldown140 / 135 / 130s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Hunter in the Night

Increases bonus movement speed by % and attack speed by . Killing an enemy hero resets all basic ability cooldowns.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Void

Void now affects all units in a radius around the target.