Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow wins the Dark Willow vs Shadow Demon matchup: Dark Willow beats Shadow Demon in 56.18% of 1,554 ranked matches.
Pushing out lanes and controlling the map tends to be easier for Dark Willow's team. She can clear creep waves from a safe distance using Shadow Realm, which also lets her dodge most of what Shadow Demon can throw at her, like Soul Catcher or stacks of Shadow Poison. If Shadow Demon tries to save an ally with Disruption, Dark Willow's Bramble Maze is a perfect tool for immediately locking down and killing the resulting illusions. While Demonic Purge can remove Cursed Crown, Willow's ability to stay elusive with Shadow Realm and reset fights with Terrorize gives her more ways to dictate the pace of engagements.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow'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 Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 56.68% | 217 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.93% | 224 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.15% | 111 |
Dark Willow'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 Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 56.18% | ▲ +3.5pp | 1,554 |
| 7.41d | 52.72% | ▲ +0.6pp | 17,756 |
| 7.41c | 52.11% | ▲ +0.8pp | 7,183 |
| 7.41b | 51.28% | — | 9,595 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow 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.