Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sven wins the Shadow Demon vs Sven matchup: Sven beats Shadow Demon in 52.14% of 280 ranked matches.
Thinking you can control Sven with Disruption is a common mistake. If you banish Sven while God's Strength is active, the resulting illusions also get the bonus damage and will cleave your backline to pieces. It turns your supposed counter into a team-wiping liability. Shadow Demon's other main tool, Demonic Purge, is also unreliable here. Sven will almost always build a Black King Bar, letting him ignore the purge and the rest of Shadow Demon's spells entirely. Without a way to kite or survive a magic-immune Sven, Shadow Demon becomes a very easy target who can't protect his own team.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Demon's win rate against Sven 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 | 40.18% | 112 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.82% | 251 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.51% | 206 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.58% | 101 |
Shadow Demon's win rate against Sven 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.86% | ▲ +3.9pp | 280 |
| 7.41d | 43.94% | ▼ -0.9pp | 20,241 |
| 7.41c | 44.87% | ▲ +0.6pp | 7,292 |
| 7.41b | 44.23% | — | 9,126 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Demon starts on Radiant and Sven on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.