Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Shadow Shaman wins the Shadow Shaman vs Tinker matchup: Shadow Shaman beats Tinker in 57.54% of 30,859 ranked matches.
Catching Tinker out is the entire game plan, and Shadow Shaman is designed for it. Hex provides an instant disable that prevents Tinker from using Rearm or his Blink Dagger to escape. This is often followed by Shackles, a channeled stun long enough to secure the kill even without much help. A hero like Tinker, who relies on channeling spells to function and stay mobile, has almost no way to play around this kind of immediate, long-duration lockdown. He can't get his spells off, and he can't get away.
This dynamic shapes the whole match. Once Shadow Shaman gets a Blink Dagger, Tinker can no longer safely defend towers or farm exposed lanes. A single successful gank shuts down Tinker's farm and map pressure. Later on, Mass Serpent Wards create a siege that Tinker cannot easily clear without putting himself in danger of being caught. Tinker needs to get ahead very early to afford defensive items, but Shadow Shaman's purpose is to find him and make sure that never happens.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Shadow Shaman's win rate against Tinker 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 Shaman win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 57.83% | 415 |
| Crusader & Archon | 60.87% | 1,104 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.83% | 1,038 |
| Divine & Immortal | 56.76% | 259 |
Shadow Shaman's win rate against Tinker in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Shadow Shaman win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 57.54% | ▲ +0.7pp | 30,859 |
| 7.41e | 56.89% | ▼ -0.2pp | 108,364 |
| 7.41d | 57.12% | ▼ -0.2pp | 113,580 |
| 7.41c | 57.35% | — | 51,149 |
Move this data into a draft
Shadow Shaman starts on Radiant and Tinker on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.