How Dark Willow and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow and Shadow Demon win 45.56% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 913 matches.
Setting up a Cursed Crown on a target Shadow Demon has Disrupted is a classic timing mess; the stun is completely wasted while the target is banished. This kind of awkward spell interaction defines the partnership. Both heroes want to be the ones initiating kills with their unique forms of control, but their abilities don't layer well and can actively work against each other. Beyond that, Dark Willow and Shadow Demon are both very fragile supports that need levels and a good lane to be effective. Pairing them together often creates a weak lane that's easy to pressure and offers little protection for their core, since their best defensive tools are unreliable or self-cast.
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 | 42.75% | 131 |
| Legend & Ancient | 33.90% | 118 |
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 | 45.56% | ▲ +3.3pp | 913 |
| 7.41d | 42.31% | ▼ -2.9pp | 10,677 |
| 7.41c | 45.18% | ▼ -3.4pp | 4,896 |
| 7.41b | 48.60% | — | 6,854 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.