Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Invoker wins the Invoker vs Shadow Fiend matchup: Invoker beats Shadow Fiend in 52.08% of 5,826 ranked matches.
Picking a hero like Shadow Fiend, who relies on a strong start and snowballing, becomes a huge risk if Invoker is a possibility. The laning phase is often miserable for Shadow Fiend, as Invoker can use Cold Snap to interrupt his Shadowrazes or an EMP to drain the mana he needs to farm. This pressure rarely lets up. In teamfights, Invoker’s Tornado is a direct answer to Requiem of Souls, lifting SF and completely wasting his ultimate. Even after Shadow Fiend gets a Black King Bar, Invoker can still burn its duration with Tornado or slow him with a well-placed Ice Wall, leaving him vulnerable once the immunity ends.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Invoker's win rate against Shadow Fiend 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 | Invoker win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 50.41% | 1,964 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.94% | 5,871 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.29% | 5,267 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.14% | 2,220 |
Invoker's win rate against Shadow Fiend in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Invoker win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.08% | ▼ -1.1pp | 5,826 |
| 7.41d | 53.20% | ▼ -0.6pp | 432,818 |
| 7.41c | 53.76% | ▼ -1.7pp | 208,727 |
| 7.41b | 55.45% | — | 186,495 |
Move this data into a draft
Invoker starts on Radiant and Shadow Fiend on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.