How Kunkka and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kunkka and Shadow Demon win 49.04% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 157 matches.
Setting up Kunkka's combo with Disruption is a classic trap. It sounds good, but the execution is unreliable and often works against you. The banished target can’t be hit by X Marks the Spot, removing Kunkka's best tool for guaranteeing his spells land. Instead, he has to perfectly guess the timing for both Torrent and Ghostship to hit the moment the target reappears. A slight mistake means everything whiffs, giving the enemy a free escape. Beyond this one high-risk play, Shadow Demon and Kunkka don't offer much to each other. Their laning dynamic is awkward, and they struggle to apply coordinated pressure without giving the enemy a huge window to react.
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 | 42.58% | 155 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.79% | 169 |
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 | 49.04% | ▲ +5.5pp | 157 |
| 7.41d | 43.50% | ▼ -1.2pp | 15,355 |
| 7.41c | 44.70% | ▲ +0.2pp | 8,002 |
| 7.41b | 44.54% | — | 9,697 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.