How Beastmaster and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Beastmaster and Shadow Demon win 31.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 116 matches.
Setting up a kill with Disruption often feels awkward when your core is a Beastmaster. He lacks the big magical nuke needed to capitalize on the setup, instead dealing damage over time with his boars and auto-attacks. Using Disruption defensively on Beastmaster is also a problem, as it takes the primary right-clicker and summoner out of the fight entirely. Their overall game plans can clash too. Shadow Demon excels at kiting and drawn-out fights with Shadow Poison, while Beastmaster wants to commit hard with Primal Roar and run targets down. This fundamental conflict in tempo makes it difficult for them to execute a clean teamfight together.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 30.58% | 121 |
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 | 31.03% | ▼ -6.9pp | 116 |
| 7.41d | 37.91% | ▼ -1.6pp | 11,058 |
| 7.41c | 39.51% | ▼ -3.5pp | 7,271 |
| 7.41b | 43.01% | — | 16,041 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.