How Marci and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Marci and Shadow Shaman win 52.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,417 matches.
Setting up a gank with this pair feels direct. Marci’s Dispose offers an ideal way to throw an enemy directly to Shadow Shaman, guaranteeing he can land Hex or Shackles. This sequence provides a long, simple chain of disables on one hero. During Unleash, a target held completely still by Shaman's lockdown ensures Marci can connect with every hit, often securing a kill on all but the most durable cores before they can react. The potential for deleting an isolated enemy is clear.
The problem is that both heroes are committing their full kits to a single target, and they both want to be in the middle of the action. If the enemy team is grouped or has ways to interrupt channels, Shadow Shaman can be easily stopped during Shackles. Marci also doesn't provide much protection for the fragile Shaman if he gets initiated on first. Their game plan hinges on getting clean pickoffs; if that fails or the wrong target is chosen, they can find themselves overextended with key spells on cooldown, struggling against a coordinated response.
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 | 49.07% | 485 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.82% | 1,015 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.57% | 766 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.36% | 275 |
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 | 52.41% | ▲ +1.4pp | 6,417 |
| 7.41d | 51.01% | ▲ +0.2pp | 68,279 |
| 7.41c | 50.78% | ▲ +0.4pp | 31,976 |
| 7.41b | 50.35% | — | 35,932 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.