How Clinkz and Shadow Fiend perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Shadow Fiend win 47.64% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,153 matches.
Facing down both Clinkz and Shadow Fiend can look scary on paper, but it's often manageable. The core issue is that both heroes are glass cannons who bring a ton of damage but almost no lockdown. Neither of them has a reliable stun to set up the other's burst. Shadow Fiend needs someone else to hold a target still for a full Requiem of Souls, and Clinkz doesn't have the tools to do that. This forces the rest of your team to draft heavily into initiation and control, which can leave the lineup vulnerable in other areas.
This composition often feels greedy from the start. Both heroes typically want to be the team's primary damage dealer and farm accelerant, frequently competing for the mid lane. Even if they take separate core roles, they both need a strong start and a lot of space to hit their item timings. Without a durable frontliner and plenty of stuns from the other positions, enemy teams can simply run at whichever hero is more exposed. If one of them falls behind, the other lacks the utility to help them recover.
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 | 48.37% | 645 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.36% | 974 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.63% | 646 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.61% | 228 |
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 | 47.64% | ▲ +0.0pp | 7,153 |
| 7.41d | 47.62% | ▲ +0.2pp | 77,352 |
| 7.41c | 47.43% | ▲ +1.0pp | 32,978 |
| 7.41b | 46.42% | — | 33,845 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.