How Dark Seer and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Dark Seer and Shadow Demon win 44.14% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,197 matches.
Taking objectives and controlling the map often feels disjointed with this pairing. The core issue is that their combat approaches are completely at odds. Shadow Demon wants to set up controlled, single-target pickoffs by using Disruption to isolate a hero and Demonic Purge to finish them. This creates a numbers advantage. Dark Seer, meanwhile, thrives in chaotic, five-on-five brawls where he can use Vacuum to clump enemies for Wall of Replica and Ion Shell damage. One hero wants to carefully remove a piece from the board, while the other wants to flip the whole table. This conflict in style makes it difficult to execute a clean game plan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 35.00% | 100 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.36% | 203 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 44.14% | ▼ -0.2pp | 5,197 |
| 7.41e | 44.37% | ▲ +1.2pp | 14,741 |
| 7.41d | 43.12% | ▼ -2.5pp | 9,084 |
| 7.41c | 45.58% | — | 3,642 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.