How Chaos Knight and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Shadow Demon win 46.57% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,340 matches.
Getting caught by a Disruption setup can feel like a death sentence. Shadow Demon holds a target perfectly still, amplifies all incoming damage with Soul Catcher, and even creates a couple illusions to help Chaos Knight. This gives CK a clean window to Reality Rift in and secure an early kill. The problem is that this entire partnership is built around that one ganking combo. If they don't get ahead with it, their game plans start to clash. Chaos Knight needs to farm up for his Phantasm timing, while Shadow Demon can feel pretty useless on his own. It’s a very specific, timing-based synergy that doesn’t always convert into a controlled game.
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 | 45.19% | 104 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.71% | 245 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.94% | 153 |
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 | 46.57% | ▲ +0.6pp | 1,340 |
| 7.41d | 46.00% | ▼ -1.2pp | 15,916 |
| 7.41c | 47.20% | ▼ -0.9pp | 5,953 |
| 7.41b | 48.09% | — | 8,132 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.