Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Shaman wins the Chen vs Shadow Shaman matchup: Shadow Shaman beats Chen in 64.29% of 126 ranked matches.
Trying to build up an army as Chen feels like a waste of time against a Shadow Shaman. Every time you show up for a fight or to pressure a tower, your valuable creeps get vaporized by a single Ether Shock. This leaves Chen without his primary tool for pressure and damage. Beyond that, Shadow Shaman's own kit is a direct threat. His long-duration disables like Hex and Shackles make it easy to catch and kill Chen, rendering his entire army inert. Even when it comes to taking objectives, Shadow Shaman's Mass Serpent Ward is a much more reliable and difficult-to-stop threat to structures.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Chen's win rate against Shadow Shaman 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 | Chen win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 39.33% | 150 |
Chen's win rate against Shadow Shaman in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Chen win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 35.71% | ▼ -7.5pp | 126 |
| 7.41d | 43.21% | ▼ -0.1pp | 10,145 |
| 7.41c | 43.30% | ▼ -0.4pp | 6,344 |
| 7.41b | 43.75% | — | 7,074 |
Move this data into a draft
Chen starts on Radiant and Shadow Shaman on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.