Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Shaman wins the Primal Beast vs Shadow Shaman matchup: Shadow Shaman beats Primal Beast in 57.73% of 686 ranked matches.
Running at the enemy team as Primal Beast feels difficult when a Shadow Shaman is on the other side. Your game plan revolves around landing an Onslaught charge and following up with Pulverize, but Shaman has multiple ways to stop that. An instant Hex can cancel the charge entirely, leaving you out of position and vulnerable. Even if you get close, a well-timed Shackles can hold you in place for his team to collapse on you before you can activate your ultimate. While a Black King Bar lets you ignore him later on, Shadow Shaman consistently makes your initiations less reliable, forcing Primal Beast to play much more cautiously.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Primal Beast's win rate against Shadow Shaman 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 | Primal Beast win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 39.60% | 351 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.82% | 760 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.71% | 494 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.53% | 162 |
Primal Beast's win rate against Shadow Shaman in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Primal Beast win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 42.27% | ▼ -3.5pp | 686 |
| 7.41d | 45.77% | ▲ +0.0pp | 65,771 |
| 7.41c | 45.73% | ▼ -2.3pp | 36,861 |
| 7.41b | 48.06% | — | 45,588 |
Move this data into a draft
Primal Beast starts on Radiant and Shadow Shaman on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.