Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
Favored
Lone Druid 56.38%
Lone Druid56.38%
Shadow Demon43.62%
Over 94 ranked matches (7.41e).
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lone Druid wins the Lone Druid vs Shadow Demon matchup: Lone Druid beats Shadow Demon in 56.38% of 94 ranked matches.
Small sample: this pairing has only 94 ranked matches in the current window, so its win rate will swing more than deep-sample pairings as new games come in.
How this matchup plays
Picking Shadow Demon into a Lone Druid often feels like a drafting error from the start. So much of Shadow Demon's kit is designed to isolate and control a single hero, which is a fundamental problem when facing two dangerous units. Using Disruption to save an ally from the Spirit Bear is only a temporary fix, as the hero is still free to attack. Targeting the Spirit Bear itself with Disruption is a disaster, creating powerful illusions of the bear that turn on your team. Even a full-power Demonic Purge can only slow one of them, leaving the other free to run rampant. Shadow Demon is built to dismantle one hero, but Lone Druid always brings two.
Lone Druid vs Shadow Demon across patches
Lone Druid'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
Lone Druid win rate
Change
Matches
7.41e early
56.38%
▲ +2.8pp
94
7.41d
53.59%
▼ -2.0pp
7,568
7.41c
55.64%
▼ -2.7pp
6,069
7.41b
58.31%
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11,906
Move this data into a draft
Put Lone Druid against Shadow Demon
Lone Druid 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.
Lone Druid wins 56.38% of ranked matches against Shadow Demon in Dota 2 7.41e (94 matches) — the matchup favors Lone Druid.
Does Shadow Demon counter Lone Druid?
Shadow Demon wins 43.62% of ranked matches against Lone Druid in Dota 2 7.41e (94 matches) — the matchup favors Lone Druid.
How many matches back the Lone Druid vs Shadow Demon win rate?
94 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily. This pairing is below our 100-match deep-sample bar, so expect the number to swing more than usual.