Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend wins the Shadow Fiend vs Oracle matchup: Shadow Fiend beats Oracle in 50.50% of 9,940 ranked matches.
Trying to save an ally from a close-range Requiem of Souls is harder than it looks for Oracle. While False Promise delays death, the sheer amount of magic damage from Shadow Fiend's ultimate still gets tallied up. If that burst is high enough, the healing Oracle can output during the promise won't be enough to prevent the target from dying when it ends. This gives Shadow Fiend a reliable way to secure kills even through Oracle's signature save. On the other hand, a well-timed Fate's Edict can completely shut down a right-clicking SF, making him a non-factor in a fight.
The matchup often comes down to positioning and who commits their ultimate first. Oracle wants to play defensively and force Shadow Fiend to overextend, using Fortune's End to hold him in place for a gank. If Oracle can disarm SF or cast his ultimate before the Requiem damage lands, his team can usually turn the fight. Shadow Fiend's goal is the opposite: wait for another stun on a key target, get on top of them, and unleash his full burst when False Promise is already on cooldown or on the wrong hero.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Fiend's win rate against Oracle 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 | 52.08% | 457 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.56% | 1,501 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.29% | 1,472 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.82% | 657 |
Shadow Fiend's win rate against Oracle 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 | 50.50% | ▼ -0.9pp | 9,940 |
| 7.41d | 51.37% | ▲ +0.1pp | 108,618 |
| 7.41c | 51.26% | ▲ +2.2pp | 32,297 |
| 7.41b | 49.07% | — | 30,032 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Fiend starts on Radiant and Oracle on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.