How Morphling and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Morphling and Shadow Demon win 41.61% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 161 matches.
Setting up a kill often falls apart because the kits don't align. Shadow Demon's Disruption is a great setup spell, but it takes the target completely out of the fight for a moment. This pause is usually long enough for the enemy team to reposition for a counter-gank, spoiling the surprise for Morphling. Even using Disruption defensively on Morphling can be a trap; it stops him from using Attribute Shift to survive or Waveforming to a safer spot. He reappears in the same place, often still surrounded. Shadow Demon wants to control engagements with delays, but Morphling needs immediate action to get kills and stay alive.
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 | 38.41% | 151 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.75% | 112 |
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 | 41.61% | ▼ -1.1pp | 161 |
| 7.41d | 42.76% | ▲ +0.7pp | 13,148 |
| 7.41c | 42.05% | ▼ -0.3pp | 5,284 |
| 7.41b | 42.39% | — | 7,919 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.