How Gyrocopter and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Gyrocopter and Shadow Demon win 39.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 784 matches.
Thinking you can set up Gyrocopter's damage with Disruption is a common mistake. The spell's duration is often too long and inflexible, making it hard to time with Call Down's impact or to keep a target isolated for Rocket Barrage. Beyond that initial combo attempt, their game plans actively clash. Shadow Demon wants to amplify single-target burst onto a specific hero with Soul Catcher and Demonic Purge. Gyrocopter's strength, however, comes from hitting the entire enemy team with Flak Cannon. One hero wants to pick off a single target, the other wants to fight five at once, leaving the pair feeling disjointed in teamfights.
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 | 35.54% | 121 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.70% | 119 |
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 | 39.54% | ▲ +1.4pp | 784 |
| 7.41d | 38.12% | ▼ -4.1pp | 10,148 |
| 7.41c | 42.20% | ▼ -2.6pp | 4,545 |
| 7.41b | 44.76% | — | 6,676 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.