How Medusa and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Medusa and Shadow Demon win 49.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 110 matches.
Trying to win a mid-game fight can feel disjointed with this duo. Medusa’s job is to stand her ground, absorb damage with Mana Shield, and hit everyone with Split Shot. A well-intentioned Disruption from Shadow Demon to save her actually pulls the team's frontline out of the fight at the worst possible moment. This gives the enemy team a free window to reposition or kill the backline. While Soul Catcher is a decent damage amp for Medusa, the core kits are often at odds. Shadow Demon’s abilities are best used to set up burst damage, which is the opposite of the slow, grinding fight that Medusa wants to take.
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 | 47.62% | 126 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.02% | 113 |
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 | 49.09% | ▲ +2.1pp | 110 |
| 7.41d | 46.97% | ▼ -3.4pp | 12,870 |
| 7.41c | 50.33% | ▲ +1.0pp | 7,183 |
| 7.41b | 49.31% | — | 9,306 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.