Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Oracle wins the Oracle vs Shadow Demon matchup: Oracle beats Shadow Demon in 52.58% of 1,299 ranked matches.
Trying to set up a kill with Shadow Demon can feel frustrating when an Oracle is on the other team. Shadow Demon's whole game is about amplifying damage on a target for a quick burst, often using Soul Catcher. Oracle's kit is built to stop exactly that. Fortune's End can purge the Soul Catcher debuff, weakening the entire setup. More importantly, a well-timed False Promise completely negates the kill attempt. While Shadow Demon can use Demonic Purge to remove False Promise, this creates a dispel-war that Oracle is well-equipped to win, often having another way to save his ally. This constant reactive saving makes it difficult for Shadow Demon to execute his primary game plan.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Oracle's win rate against Shadow Demon 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 | Oracle win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 49.70% | 169 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.15% | 205 |
Oracle's win rate against Shadow Demon in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Oracle win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.58% | ▲ +0.0pp | 1,299 |
| 7.41d | 52.57% | ▲ +0.7pp | 16,140 |
| 7.41c | 51.83% | ▼ -1.3pp | 6,024 |
| 7.41b | 53.15% | — | 7,462 |
Move this data into a draft
Oracle starts on Radiant and Shadow Demon on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.