Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit wins the Shadow Demon vs Vengeful Spirit matchup: Vengeful Spirit beats Shadow Demon in 58.53% of 3,861 ranked matches.
Getting a catch on a key hero is the whole point of playing Shadow Demon, but Vengeful Spirit makes this very difficult. Her Nether Swap is a direct answer to a Disruption setup, pulling the target to safety before your team can follow up. This often forces Shadow Demon to use his spells defensively or on less important targets. Even Vengeful Spirit's stun is a reliable way to interrupt his spell sequence before it can get going. She has the better tools for saving an ally from the exact kind of pickoff that Shadow Demon wants to create, leaving him struggling to have the intended impact.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Demon's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | 41.94% | 155 |
| Crusader & Archon | 37.54% | 570 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.73% | 571 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.33% | 215 |
Shadow Demon's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | 41.47% | ▼ -0.2pp | 3,861 |
| 7.41d | 41.70% | ▼ -2.6pp | 43,668 |
| 7.41c | 44.31% | ▼ -1.1pp | 12,749 |
| 7.41b | 45.46% | — | 15,155 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Demon starts on Radiant and Vengeful Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.