Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slardar wins the Shadow Fiend vs Slardar matchup: Slardar beats Shadow Fiend in 51.22% of 17,163 ranked matches.
Finding space to farm becomes the central problem for Shadow Fiend in this matchup. Slardar is one of the classic initiators who loves to buy a Blink Dagger and hunt squishy, high-value targets. Shadow Fiend fits that description perfectly. A Blink into Slithereen Crush provides instant lockdown, and Corrosive Haze amplifies all physical damage while preventing any escape with invisibility. This combo makes it extremely dangerous for SF to farm aggressively without vision or backup, as he's very fragile before he gets a core defensive item online.
The game often becomes a race. Shadow Fiend will usually have a better laning stage and farm faster early on, but his momentum can be completely stalled once Slardar gets his Blink. From that point on, Shadow Fiend is forced to play cautiously and prioritize a Black King Bar or another escape tool. If he can survive that mid-game timing and complete his BKB, he can often turn the tables and fight back effectively. The slight edge for Slardar comes from his ability to dictate this tempo and force a specific, defensive item choice from his opponent.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Fiend's win rate against Slardar 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 | 49.02% | 1,075 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.16% | 2,725 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.71% | 2,258 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.74% | 804 |
Shadow Fiend's win rate against Slardar 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 | 48.78% | ▼ -0.6pp | 17,163 |
| 7.41d | 49.35% | ▲ +1.6pp | 183,233 |
| 7.41c | 47.75% | ▲ +1.0pp | 78,913 |
| 7.41b | 46.73% | — | 72,880 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Fiend starts on Radiant and Slardar on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.