Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Phoenix wins the Phoenix vs Shadow Demon matchup: Phoenix beats Shadow Demon in 58.12% of 5,286 ranked matches.
Teamfights completely break down for his team once Supernova is on the field. Shadow Demon can't use Disruption on the egg, and his personal damage is nowhere near enough to help kill it. His main trick of creating illusions of an enemy is also not very effective against the egg, as they often lack the attack speed to finish the job in time. Demonic Purge offers no solution either. Phoenix is built to hit everybody at once with massive area damage, while Shadow Demon is designed to control one person. This fundamental mismatch leaves Shadow Demon looking like a bystander during the most important part of the fight.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Phoenix'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 | Phoenix win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 60.18% | 113 |
| Legend & Ancient | 61.03% | 213 |
Phoenix'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 | Phoenix win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 58.12% | ▲ +0.9pp | 5,286 |
| 7.41e | 57.20% | ▲ +0.8pp | 18,775 |
| 7.41d | 56.37% | ▼ -2.0pp | 20,544 |
| 7.41c | 58.41% | — | 11,979 |
Move this data into a draft
Phoenix 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 Oct 5, 2026.