How Broodmother and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Broodmother and Shadow Shaman win 52.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,062 matches.
Taking an early tower with a combined push is the central idea here. Shadow Shaman can lock down a key defender with Hex or Shackles, giving Broodmother's spider army free rein to attack a building. Adding Mass Serpent Ward to the mix can help dismantle a structure quickly, creating map pressure and forcing enemies to react. This gives the team a clear objective to play around from the early game, pulling defenders away from other lanes to stop the siege.
The main issue with this plan is its predictability. Seeing Broodmother and Shadow Shaman together signals the game plan to the enemy team from the start. Heroes with strong area-of-effect damage can clear both the spiderlings and the Serpent Wards efficiently, stopping the push before it gains momentum. When that initial push fails, both heroes have committed major cooldowns to a single, predictable play, which can leave them and their team vulnerable to a counter-attack.
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 | 56.80% | 507 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.89% | 755 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.02% | 329 |
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 | 52.12% | ▲ +0.9pp | 4,062 |
| 7.41d | 51.18% | ▼ -1.2pp | 52,233 |
| 7.41c | 52.36% | ▲ +1.2pp | 25,510 |
| 7.41b | 51.18% | — | 35,804 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.