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Night Stalker · Offlane (pos. 3)

Night Stalker in Turbo

TurboData-drivenMediumPatch 7.41
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Overview

Turbo is regular Dota sped up: more gold and experience, faster respawns and a quicker courier. Games are shorter, so early fights matter more and the late game comes sooner. In Turbo fights start almost immediately: rush Blink Dagger and initiate as soon as your team is grouped.

Strengths

  • Reliable stun: Void sets up kills and interrupts enemy channels.
  • Heavy magical burst: Valve lists it as a Nuker.
  • Valve tags Night Stalker as Durable: it stays in fights longer than most heroes.

Weaknesses

  • No escape in the kit: without good positioning and vision, Night Stalker is easy to catch.
  • Melee: has to walk up to its target, which makes the lane harder against ranged heroes.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Builds

Turbo build

OffensiveTurbo
Open build

When to use it

Turbo gives more gold and faster respawns: skip most laning items and go straight for your core, then the damage items.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Seen from RadiantRadiant · bottom leftDire · top right
  1. OfflaneMain91% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).

Starting items

Gauntlets of StrengthIron BranchTango

Core items

  1. 1Blink Dagger
  2. 2Aghanim's Shard
  3. 3Black King Bar
  4. 4Drum of Endurance

Boots

Phase Boots

Late game

Diffusal BladeHarpoonAssault Cuirass

Skill order

Max order:Void›Crippling Fear›Midnight Feast

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Talents by level

  1. +100 Midnight Feast Lifesteal
    -35s Dark Ascension Cooldown
    25
  2. +75 Crippling Fear Radius
    +15 Strength
    20
  3. +25 Dark Ascension Damage
    20% Hunter in the Night Status Resistance
    15
  4. -1s Void Cooldown
    +10 Crippling Fear DPS
    10

Abilities

  • Void11 / 10 / 9 / 8s90 / 95 / 100 / 105 mpCreates 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.
    Damage
    80·160·240·320
    Day duration
    1.25
    Night duration
    1.6·2.2·2.8·3.4
    Move slow
    50%
    Attack slow
    50
    Damage per second when not visible
    0
    Basic ability — applies a stun. Save it for priority targets or to interrupt a channel.
  • Crippling Fear30 / 25 / 20 / 15s50 mpNight 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 duration
    3
    Night duration
    4.5·5·5.5·6
    Mana cost
    0%
    Aura radius
    350
    Damage per second
    25·30·35·40
  • Midnight FeastPassive39 / 36 / 33 / 30s
  • Hunter in the NightPassiveNight Stalker is in his element at night, attacking and moving with great swiftness.
    Move speed
    24%
    Attack speed
    38
  • Dark Ascension140 / 135 / 130s125 / 175 / 225 mpNight 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.
    Duration
    30
    Bonus damage
    50·100·150
    Ultimate — summons units. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Most played skill order

The most played order in the last 100 professional matches with this hero. Highlighted levels are the points spent on talents.

Max order:Void›Crippling Fear›Midnight Feast

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Strategy

1What changes

Turbo is regular Dota sped up: more gold and experience, faster respawns and a quicker courier. Games are shorter, so early fights matter more and the late game comes sooner.

2Build adjustments

Turbo gives more gold and faster respawns: skip most laning items and go straight for your core, then the damage items.

3Fighting

You go in first: land Void on as many heroes as you can and soak the spells your carry fears. In Turbo fights start almost immediately: rush Blink Dagger and initiate as soon as your team is grouped.

Tips

  • In Turbo fights start almost immediately: rush Blink Dagger and initiate as soon as your team is grouped.
  • Use Dark Ascension in every big fight: in this mode there's always another one coming.
  • Don't chase alone: the enemy is always grouped.
  • Buy your core items first: in Turbo you get them much earlier.

Changelog

  1. Guide created for patch 7.41.

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