How Dark Seer and Shadow Fiend perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Shadow Fiend win 49.37% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 790 matches.
Grouping the enemy team for a big Requiem of Souls is the main idea here, but in practice it's a very fragile combo. Both Dark Seer and Shadow Fiend typically need a Blink Dagger to set it up, and the whole thing can be stopped by a single stun or a well-timed BKB. Granted, we haven't seen this pairing much lately, so maybe a different approach works better now. Beyond that one ultimate interaction, their kits don't really overlap or support each other through the 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 | 47.52% | 242 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.91% | 761 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.36% | 683 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.24% | 404 |
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 | 49.37% | ▲ +2.7pp | 790 |
| 7.41d | 46.72% | ▼ -0.6pp | 54,828 |
| 7.41c | 47.28% | ▲ +2.1pp | 15,856 |
| 7.41b | 45.21% | — | 14,407 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.