How Earthshaker and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earthshaker and Shadow Demon win 45.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 341 matches.
Picking these two supports together creates a fundamental conflict in your teamfight plan. Earthshaker is looking for the perfect moment to land a multi-hero Fissure or a huge Echo Slam on a clumped-up enemy team. Shadow Demon, however, excels at isolating a single priority target with Disruption. This often means the hero Earthshaker wants to stun is suddenly invulnerable and separated from their allies. The illusions created by Disruption can also spawn away from the main group, further reducing Echo Slam's potential. Both heroes want to control the fight, but their methods are at odds, leading to messy, uncoordinated engagements where neither hero can execute their combo properly.
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 | 37.01% | 127 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.00% | 350 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.38% | 325 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.71% | 151 |
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 | 45.45% | ▲ +0.6pp | 341 |
| 7.41d | 44.87% | ▼ -0.2pp | 32,546 |
| 7.41c | 45.05% | ▼ -0.3pp | 15,429 |
| 7.41b | 45.33% | — | 19,960 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.