How Brewmaster and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 45.93%
Win rate when Brewmaster and Shadow Demon are on the same team, over 2,258 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Brewmaster and Shadow Demon win 45.93% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,258 matches.
Why this works
Putting Brewmaster and Shadow Demon on the same team often introduces a fundamental conflict. A low-health Brewmaster's goal is to use Primal Split to survive and turn a fight, but a friendly Shadow Demon's instinct is to save him with Disruption. This banish frequently gets Brewmaster killed, as it delays his ultimate until it's too late. Their offensive capabilities also clash; Shadow Demon sets up controlled, single-target kills with his spells, whereas Brewmaster wants to dive in and cause widespread chaos. Ultimately, Shadow Demon’s kit feels better designed to punish a hero like Brewmaster by isolating and slowing his pandas, not to support him.
Brewmaster + Shadow Demon across patches
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
7.41f
45.93%
▼ -0.9pp
2,258
7.41e
46.86%
▲ +0.3pp
5,875
7.41d
46.57%
▲ +1.3pp
5,821
7.41c
45.28%
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2,816
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