Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend wins the Shadow Fiend vs Tusk matchup: Shadow Fiend beats Tusk in 50.89% of 12,692 ranked matches.
Trying to lock down a Shadow Fiend is Tusk's whole game plan. Snowball and Ice Shards are great tools for closing the gap and trapping him, and Walrus Punch can finish the job. The problem for Tusk is that this only works if Shadow Fiend is caught unprepared. Once SF gets a defensive item like a Black King Bar or a Eul's Scepter, Tusk's entire initiation combo can be negated. A failed gank leaves Tusk right in front of one of the highest damage dealers in the game, who can quickly turn the fight with a few Shadowrazes and right-clicks.
This matchup really comes down to the early and mid game. If Tusk can repeatedly gank and kill Shadow Fiend before he gets momentum, he can cripple SF's farm and delay those crucial defensive items. But if Shadow Fiend survives the initial pressure and gets his BKB on time, Tusk starts to have a much harder time finding impact. From that point on, SF can often play aggressively, knowing that Tusk can no longer reliably control him in a fight. It all depends on which hero gets the better start.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Fiend's win rate against Tusk 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 | 61.37% | 497 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.18% | 1,604 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.81% | 2,094 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.76% | 1,131 |
Shadow Fiend's win rate against Tusk 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 | 50.89% | ▼ -0.5pp | 12,692 |
| 7.41d | 51.43% | ▲ +0.8pp | 126,643 |
| 7.41c | 50.58% | ▲ +1.1pp | 50,062 |
| 7.41b | 49.53% | — | 50,357 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Fiend starts on Radiant and Tusk on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.