Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer wins the Shadow Fiend vs Outworld Destroyer matchup: Outworld Destroyer beats Shadow Fiend in 54.35% of 12,851 ranked matches.
Controlling the map's tempo often ends up as a stalemate between these two. Both Shadow Fiend and Outworld Destroyer are greedy cores who want to accelerate their farm and hit a major item timing. Neither has a reliable way to completely bully the other out of lane and deny that farm. They usually trade last hits and harass, with both having comeback mechanics through jungle farm if the lane goes poorly. This means they tend to reach their first big power spikes around the same time, preventing either from building an early, decisive economic lead based on the direct matchup alone.
The mechanical matchup is a coin flip for the same reason. Outworld Destroyer’s Astral Imprisonment is a perfect tool for dodging a key Shadowraze or surviving the burst from Requiem of Souls. This can frustrate a Shadow Fiend trying to land his combo. However, a patient SF can play around this, either by baiting the spell or initiating with a Black King Bar. Once Shadow Fiend gets on top of him, OD can melt quickly. It all comes down to who gets the jump and who correctly anticipates the other’s cooldowns in a fight, making for a very balanced and skill-based duel.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Fiend's win rate against Outworld Destroyer 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 | Shadow Fiend win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 52.29% | 589 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.34% | 1,928 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.33% | 1,826 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.31% | 677 |
Shadow Fiend's win rate against Outworld Destroyer in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Shadow Fiend win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 45.65% | ▼ -3.3pp | 12,851 |
| 7.41d | 48.95% | ▼ -0.3pp | 103,863 |
| 7.41c | 49.29% | ▲ +0.7pp | 37,522 |
| 7.41b | 48.56% | — | 37,789 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Fiend starts on Radiant and Outworld Destroyer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.