Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer wins the Dark Seer vs Shadow Demon matchup: Dark Seer beats Shadow Demon in 63.16% of 114 ranked matches.
Trying to lock down a key hero with Demonic Purge feels awful when a Dark Seer is on the other team. His Surge is a basic dispel that completely removes the ultimate's slow, allowing his ally to run away freely. This interaction alone neuters Shadow Demon's most reliable tool for controlling a fight. The problems continue from there; Dark Seer's Ion Shell punishes the illusions created by both Disruption and Demonic Purge, turning Shadow Demon's own spells into a liability. Even in the laning phase, the constant push and burn from Ion Shell makes it incredibly difficult for a fragile support like Shadow Demon to secure a foothold or trade effectively.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Seer'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 | Dark Seer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Legend & Ancient | 46.00% | 100 |
Dark Seer'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 | Dark Seer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 63.16% | ▲ +9.0pp | 114 |
| 7.41d | 54.19% | ▼ -0.8pp | 9,423 |
| 7.41c | 55.02% | ▲ +1.0pp | 3,488 |
| 7.41b | 54.04% | — | 4,219 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Seer 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 12, 2026.