Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
Favored
Slark 54.58%
Shadow Demon45.42%
Slark54.58%
Over 11,763 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Slark wins the Shadow Demon vs Slark matchup: Slark beats Shadow Demon in 54.58% of 11,763 ranked matches.
How this matchup plays
Getting jumped by Slark is a nightmare for Shadow Demon. His Dark Pact provides a constant, low-cooldown answer to Soul Catcher, making it incredibly difficult for your team to actually burst him during your setup. A Shadow Demon has no real escape from Pounce and dies very quickly. Using Disruption on Slark is also a huge risk, as the illusions you create will steal attributes for him and become a problem on their own.
Shadow Demon vs Slark by rank
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Demon's win rate against Slark 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 Demon win rate
Matches
Herald & Guardian
34.00%
100
Crusader & Archon
49.30%
284
Legend & Ancient
47.18%
390
Divine & Immortal
44.29%
140
Shadow Demon vs Slark across patches
Shadow Demon's win rate against Slark in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
Patch
Shadow Demon win rate
Change
Matches
7.41f
45.42%
▲ +0.2pp
11,763
7.41e
45.20%
▼ -0.1pp
34,280
7.41d
45.32%
▲ +0.3pp
35,845
7.41c
45.03%
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19,053
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Put Shadow Demon against Slark
Shadow Demon starts on Radiant and Slark on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.