Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Broodmother wins the Broodmother vs Shadow Demon matchup: Broodmother beats Shadow Demon in 54.42% of 702 ranked matches.
Thinking you can lock down Broodmother with single-target spells is often a trap. Shadow Demon's kit is built around isolating or disabling one enemy, but his main problem is the army of spiders, not Broodmother herself. His Disruption can even accidentally save her from focus fire. While Demonic Purge is very effective against Broodmother, it does nothing to the dozens of spiders melting her target. Shadow Poison needs to be stacked multiple times to clear spider waves, and he usually doesn't get that time before being swarmed. He can still set up kills on an out-of-position Broodmother, but he can't solve the fundamental problem she presents in a teamfight.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Broodmother'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 | Broodmother win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 60.00% | 115 |
Broodmother'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 | Broodmother win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 54.42% | ▼ -1.5pp | 702 |
| 7.41d | 55.88% | ▲ +2.3pp | 9,215 |
| 7.41c | 53.58% | ▲ +1.4pp | 4,860 |
| 7.41b | 52.20% | — | 7,826 |
Move this data into a draft
Broodmother 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.