How Mars and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Shadow Demon win 41.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 175 matches.
Setting up kills inside Arena of Blood feels awful when Shadow Demon's Disruption banishes the target you're trying to hit. The enemy is safe for a few seconds, wasting the best part of the ultimate. This core conflict extends beyond that one interaction. Mars wants to be a frontline brawler who physically pins enemies down, while Shadow Demon excels at kiting from the back, controlling fights with saves and the slow, stacking damage of Shadow Poison. Their preferred fight timings and positions are completely different, leaving Mars feeling isolated when he goes in and forcing Shadow Demon into awkward spots if he tries to play around the arena.
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 | 43.28% | 134 |
| Legend & Ancient | 36.02% | 211 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.34% | 106 |
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 | 41.71% | ▼ -0.1pp | 175 |
| 7.41d | 41.79% | ▲ +0.3pp | 16,292 |
| 7.41c | 41.46% | ▲ +1.3pp | 10,347 |
| 7.41b | 40.17% | — | 13,430 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.