Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
Favored
Axe 55.50%
Axe55.50%
Shadow Demon44.50%
Over 16,714 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Axe wins the Axe vs Shadow Demon matchup: Axe beats Shadow Demon in 55.50% of 16,714 ranked matches.
How this matchup plays
Saving an ally from Berserker's Call with Disruption is a huge problem. The illusions Shadow Demon creates will attack Axe, giving him a ton of free Counter Helix spins and often killing the saved target anyway. This makes Shadow Demon's primary defensive spell a liability. Outside of that specific interaction, Axe is a natural Blink initiator who preys on slow, fragile supports. Once he jumps on Shadow Demon, there's very little chance of survival.
Axe vs Shadow Demon by rank
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Axe's win rate against Shadow Demon in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
Rank
Axe win rate
Matches
Herald & Guardian
62.91%
151
Crusader & Archon
57.46%
496
Legend & Ancient
57.19%
577
Divine & Immortal
54.42%
147
Axe vs Shadow Demon across patches
Axe's win rate against Shadow Demon in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
Patch
Axe win rate
Change
Matches
7.41f
55.50%
▲ +0.9pp
16,714
7.41e
54.63%
▼ -2.1pp
58,894
7.41d
56.70%
▼ -1.4pp
65,205
7.41c
58.05%
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28,813
Move this data into a draft
Put Axe against Shadow Demon
Axe starts on Radiant and Shadow Demon on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.