How Drow Ranger and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Drow Ranger and Shadow Shaman win 48.23% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 28,571 matches.
Getting caught by a Hex or Shackle feels particularly bad when there's a Drow Ranger standing nearby. Shadow Shaman provides exactly the kind of long, single-target lockdown that allows Drow to unload her full damage potential from a safe distance. There's no need for her to chase or reposition. Her Frost Arrows can even help set up the initial engagement, slowing a target long enough for Shaman to walk up and land his channeled Shackle.
This pair wants to leverage those pickoffs to take objectives. After a key enemy is removed from the fight, Drow Ranger and Mass Serpent Ward can tear down a tower very quickly. The main challenge is keeping Drow alive, as she needs space to deal her damage effectively. Smart opponents will try to bypass Shadow Shaman and dive straight for her, knowing his disables can only stop one hero at a time. The success of this duo often depends on Drow's ability to maintain her positioning against those threats.
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 | 50.91% | 2,027 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.90% | 4,609 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.60% | 3,178 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.82% | 827 |
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 | 48.23% | ▼ -5.0pp | 28,571 |
| 7.41d | 53.21% | ▲ +0.1pp | 357,543 |
| 7.41c | 53.08% | ▲ +1.0pp | 143,455 |
| 7.41b | 52.11% | — | 121,401 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.