Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bloodseeker wins the Bloodseeker vs Shadow Demon matchup: Bloodseeker beats Shadow Demon in 57.21% of 1,213 ranked matches.
Picking Shadow Demon into a Bloodseeker pick is asking for trouble. The core problem is that Shadow Demon's main defensive tool, Disruption, becomes a liability against Rupture. When you try to save a Ruptured ally by banishing them, the Rupture debuff simply pauses. Your teammate reappears a moment later, still unable to move and now perfectly set up for Bloodseeker and his team to finish off. This dynamic turns your best save into a potential death sentence. On top of that, Shadow Demon is a slow, fragile hero. Once he takes any significant damage, Bloodseeker’s Thirst provides all the speed needed to run him down, and a self-Disruption is merely a short delay.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bloodseeker'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 | Bloodseeker win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 62.39% | 109 |
| Crusader & Archon | 61.70% | 188 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.04% | 112 |
Bloodseeker'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 | Bloodseeker win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 57.21% | ▼ -0.0pp | 1,213 |
| 7.41d | 57.23% | ▲ +2.3pp | 15,490 |
| 7.41c | 54.94% | ▼ -0.3pp | 7,476 |
| 7.41b | 55.26% | — | 9,617 |
Move this data into a draft
Bloodseeker 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.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.