How Grimstroke and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke and Shadow Demon win 46.85% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 111 matches.
Stacking control on Soulbound targets seems like an easy win, but the spells here don't combine well. The biggest problem is that Shadow Demon's Disruption banishes a hero, making them temporarily invulnerable. Using that on a target Grimstroke has ulted completely wastes the setup, since the goal is to damage both heroes at once. Beyond that one negative interaction, they both tend to be backline supports who lack a single reliable stun to initiate a gank. They end up with a lot of slow, stacking damage, and control that's awkward to land, often leaving their team without the simple, instant lockdown needed to secure kills.
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 | 46.67% | 105 |
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 | 46.85% | ▲ +1.6pp | 111 |
| 7.41d | 45.24% | ▲ +1.7pp | 11,049 |
| 7.41c | 43.51% | ▼ -2.1pp | 5,148 |
| 7.41b | 45.65% | — | 6,062 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.