Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Riki wins the Riki vs Shadow Demon matchup: Riki beats Shadow Demon in 57.07% of 191 ranked matches.
Casting Disruption on an ally to save them often seals their fate instead. Riki can place his Smoke Screen directly on the banishment spot, meaning the hero reappears silenced and unable to escape. This turns Shadow Demon's primary defensive spell into a setup for an easy kill. Outside of that interaction, Riki's whole approach is built to punish immobile supports. Shadow Demon is too fragile and lacks any escape of his own, making him a prime target for Riki to find and burst down throughout the game, often before he can even contribute his spells to a fight. He can't create enough space to survive a proper jump.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Riki'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 | Riki win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 50.47% | 107 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.94% | 214 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.03% | 144 |
Riki'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 | Riki win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 57.07% | ▼ -2.3pp | 191 |
| 7.41d | 59.35% | ▼ -0.8pp | 19,310 |
| 7.41c | 60.16% | ▲ +1.2pp | 10,272 |
| 7.41b | 58.98% | — | 12,127 |
Move this data into a draft
Riki 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 11, 2026.