Question 1

Who counters Nyx Assassin?

Accepted Answer

Templar Assassin (+3.8%), Sand King (+3.4%), and Meepo (+3.3%) are the strongest against Nyx Assassin — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Nyx Assassin strong against?

Accepted Answer

Nyx Assassin does best against Medusa (+7.7%), Outworld Destroyer (+6.1%), and Morphling (+3.9%).

Question 3

Who is Nyx Assassin stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Nyx Assassin are Meepo (+5.2%), Io (+3.4%), and Dazzle (+2.9%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Nyx Assassin?

Accepted Answer

“Position 4: Support”: players usually start with Tango, Blood Grenade, Iron Branch ×2, Sentry Ward, Magic Stick, and Observer and Sentry Wards, pick Arcane Boots for boots, then build Dagon (21 min), Eul's Scepter of Divinity (22 min), Dagon (26 min), and Dagon (29 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Nyx Assassin?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+0.2s Impale Stun Duration” (56%), at level 15 — “-3s Mind Flare Cooldown” (77%), at level 20 — “+140 Impale Damage” (58%), and at level 25 — “600 Mind Flare Radius” (84%).

Question 6

What position to play Nyx Assassin in?

Accepted Answer

Nyx Assassin is played most often as “Position 4: Support” — 49% of its matches. Less often: Position 2: Mid Lane (28%) and Position 5: Hard Support (16%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Templar Assassin	+3.8%	47.6%	1,646
Sand King	+3.4%	48.9%	1,138
Meepo	+3.3%	57.2%	456
Batrider	+3.1%	42.9%	226
Visage	+2.8%	56.1%	417
Beastmaster	+2.7%	45.0%	518
Clinkz	+2.6%	51.0%	1,463
Doom	+2.4%	47.5%	2,569
Grimstroke	+2.2%	51.8%	2,348
Riki	+2.2%	52.6%	2,146
Juggernaut	+2.1%	52.4%	7,959
Chaos Knight	+2.1%	50.2%	1,247

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Medusa	+7.7%	61.4%	751
Outworld Destroyer	+6.1%	54.5%	7,275
Morphling	+3.9%	58.1%	1,001
Phantom Lancer	+3.4%	52.4%	4,263
Bristleback	+3.4%	58.5%	1,474
Muerta	+3.1%	58.4%	766
Winter Wyvern	+3.0%	56.2%	1,836
Enchantress	+2.9%	58.8%	882
Spectre	+2.9%	53.7%	3,522
Anti-Mage	+2.9%	55.5%	3,836
Troll Warlord	+2.9%	54.2%	727
Razor	+2.8%	55.3%	2,933

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Meepo	+5.2%	66.1%	387
Io	+3.4%	55.8%	801
Dazzle	+2.9%	57.3%	1,096
Beastmaster	+2.8%	51.9%	432
Keeper of the Light	+2.8%	55.6%	923
Enigma	+2.7%	57.2%	893
Elder Titan	+2.5%	56.7%	194
Leshrac	+2.5%	57.6%	540
Muerta	+2.4%	53.1%	738
Kunkka	+2.3%	55.1%	1,359
Sven	+2.3%	57.2%	4,056
Naga Siren	+2.0%	54.2%	273

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