How Earth Spirit and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Shadow Demon win 48.70% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 154 matches.
Struggling for map control often comes down to how your supports use the map's resources. Both Earth Spirit and Shadow Demon need levels and some early gold to be effective roamers, and they end up competing for the same space and kill opportunities. This can leave a team feeling poor and a step behind. The bigger issue is in their spell interactions. Shadow Demon’s Disruption saves a target for his illusions, but it also makes them invulnerable. This completely ruins Earth Spirit’s attempts to land a multi-hero Rolling Boulder or chain-stun with Magnetize. An enemy who should be locked down and killed gets a free reset, undoing all of the setup.
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 | 41.58% | 101 |
| Legend & Ancient | 39.26% | 135 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.70% | 115 |
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 | 48.70% | ▲ +2.3pp | 154 |
| 7.41d | 46.41% | ▲ +0.5pp | 10,699 |
| 7.41c | 45.90% | ▲ +1.0pp | 4,458 |
| 7.41b | 44.90% | — | 5,316 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.