Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Viper wins the Shadow Fiend vs Viper matchup: Viper beats Shadow Fiend in 50.24% of 18,407 ranked matches.
Controlling the pace of the lane decides everything in this matchup. Viper wants to stand his ground and make life difficult for Shadow Fiend with Poison Attack, chipping away his health and preventing him from building souls. Viper's own kit is also naturally resilient to magic damage, so he doesn't fear trading into Shadowraze. This pressure can easily shut down Shadow Fiend's early farm, slowing down his item progression and forcing him to play from behind.
Shadow Fiend's response is to avoid the direct fight and out-farm the map. By using his spells to clear waves from a safe distance, he can leave the lane and accelerate in the jungle. The matchup becomes a test of which hero can use their advantage first. If Viper can't translate his lane control into objectives before Shadow Fiend gets his core items, the tables can turn. A farmed Shadow Fiend with a Black King Bar can ignore Viper's spells and often has enough physical burst to win a straight fight.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Fiend's win rate against Viper 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 | 50.13% | 1,506 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.52% | 2,671 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.91% | 1,748 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.25% | 597 |
Shadow Fiend's win rate against Viper 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 | 49.76% | ▼ -0.2pp | 18,407 |
| 7.41d | 49.98% | ▼ -0.0pp | 211,894 |
| 7.41c | 50.00% | ▲ +1.5pp | 81,664 |
| 7.41b | 48.55% | — | 79,552 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Fiend starts on Radiant and Viper on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.