How Chaos Knight and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Shadow Shaman win 53.25% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,874 matches.
Securing a long disable on a key enemy lets this pair convert ganks directly into objectives. Shadow Shaman can layer Hex and Shackles to hold a target in place for an extended duration. This gives Chaos Knight an easy setup to close the distance with Reality Rift and unload his full illusion damage from Phantasm. The single-target lockdown from one hero perfectly enables the single-target burst from the other, making their pick-off potential quite reliable when their abilities are available.
This duo thrives on creating tempo. A successful gank often flows immediately into Shadow Shaman using Mass Serpent Ward to destroy a tower, building a map and gold advantage piece by piece. However, the strategy relies heavily on finding isolated targets. In a full teamfight, enemies can often save the Shackled hero or simply overwhelm the fragile Shadow Shaman before he can complete his channel. The combo also depends on long cooldowns, giving the opponent windows to make their own plays while Phantasm or the Serpent Wards are offline.
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 | 55.97% | 947 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.80% | 1,764 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.38% | 925 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.15% | 189 |
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 | 53.25% | ▲ +0.6pp | 9,874 |
| 7.41d | 52.65% | ▲ +0.3pp | 108,504 |
| 7.41c | 52.36% | ▲ +0.5pp | 41,750 |
| 7.41b | 51.82% | — | 46,454 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.