How Dawnbreaker and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker and Shadow Demon win 48.08% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 287 matches.
Setting up a kill with Disruption often feels clumsy for this pair. Shadow Demon's banish gives the enemy a moment of safety, which is the opposite of what Dawnbreaker wants. She needs to start her Starbreaker combo immediately to get the full damage and stun off, but Disruption forces her to wait for the target to reappear. This disjointed timing can let enemies escape or reposition. While Demonic Purge offers a good slow, their core kits don't layer well. Dawnbreaker excels at diving into a brawl, but Shadow Demon prefers to stay on the edges, stacking poisons. Their game plans rarely line up, leaving them feeling like two solo heroes playing near each other.
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 | 50.23% | 213 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.15% | 286 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.64% | 183 |
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 | 48.08% | ▲ +1.6pp | 287 |
| 7.41d | 46.51% | ▼ -0.9pp | 26,369 |
| 7.41c | 47.41% | ▼ -1.7pp | 16,287 |
| 7.41b | 49.12% | — | 17,150 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.