How Underlord and Shadow Fiend perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Underlord and Shadow Fiend win 47.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 13,146 matches.
Setting up a fight with Pit of Malice seems like the perfect way to land a big Requiem of Souls. Underlord can hold several enemies in one spot while Shadow Fiend channels his ultimate, creating a massive zone of damage that's hard to escape. With Firestorm raining down as well, the two can lock down and burn through a team that gets caught clumped together. Atrophy Aura also helps weaken enemy right-clicks, giving the relatively fragile Shadow Fiend a bit more room to operate and deal his damage. This area-denial combo is the main reason you'd pick these heroes together.
The problem is that this setup isn't as reliable as it looks. Pit of Malice is a root, not a stun, so enemies can still use items like a Black King Bar to ignore the Requiem damage entirely. Both Underlord and Shadow Fiend are also slow heroes who want to farm the same safe parts of the map, which can starve one of them of resources. Without another hero that provides instant, reliable lockdown, this pair can struggle to force their ideal fight and can get picked off by more mobile lineups before they're ready to group up.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 51.85% | 459 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.69% | 1,948 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.64% | 2,126 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.47% | 870 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.32% | ▼ -0.3pp | 13,146 |
| 7.41d | 47.65% | ▼ -0.6pp | 130,186 |
| 7.41c | 48.28% | ▲ +1.6pp | 48,751 |
| 7.41b | 46.72% | — | 41,331 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.