How Dawnbreaker and Shadow Fiend perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Shadow Fiend win 52.83% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,618 matches.
Landing a full Requiem of Souls is a lot easier when Dawnbreaker provides the setup with her stun. She can initiate fights and create a chaotic frontline, buying space for a fragile hero like Shadow Fiend to safely position and land his Shadowrazes from a distance. Dawnbreaker’s Solar Guardian is also a decent insurance policy, able to turn around a gank on Shadow Fiend from anywhere on the map. The plan falls apart when both heroes are played as greedy cores. They can end up competing for the same farm, which throws off their timings and leaves the team without a true sacrificial initiator.
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 | 54.45% | 641 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.82% | 2,146 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.49% | 2,408 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.09% | 1,164 |
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 | 52.83% | ▲ +2.7pp | 2,618 |
| 7.41d | 50.16% | ▼ -0.9pp | 181,264 |
| 7.41c | 51.06% | ▲ +0.7pp | 90,361 |
| 7.41b | 50.33% | — | 67,884 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.