How Faceless Void and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Faceless Void and Shadow Demon win 34.95% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 309 matches.
Facing this combination often feels surprisingly manageable. The core problem is that Shadow Demon's best setup and save ability, Disruption, works directly against what Faceless Void wants to do. A Disrupted hero is removed from the fight, making them immune to Chronosphere and any damage inside it. While Disseminate can amplify damage on a single target, Shadow Demon struggles to contribute much damage himself inside the Chronosphere window. His spells are either defensive or take time to ramp up, which is the opposite of the instant burst a good Chronosphere requires.
This conflict plays out from the mid-game onward. Faceless Void will be looking for a pickoff with Chronosphere, but a premature Disruption from his own ally can completely waste the long cooldown. In larger fights, Shadow Demon is often forced to hold his most impactful spell for fear of saving an enemy that Void has caught. This means one of the two heroes is always playing at a reduced capacity. For this partnership to succeed, the coordination has to be perfect, which is a big ask when their kits naturally clash. More often than not, they get in each other's way.
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 | 36.89% | 122 |
| Crusader & Archon | 36.98% | 311 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.50% | 279 |
| Divine & Immortal | 40.50% | 121 |
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 | 34.95% | ▼ -9.8pp | 309 |
| 7.41d | 44.74% | ▼ -2.2pp | 33,374 |
| 7.41c | 46.96% | ▲ +1.5pp | 22,203 |
| 7.41b | 45.47% | — | 20,331 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.