How Shadow Fiend and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Primal Beast win 42.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 909 matches.
Thinking Primal Beast’s lockdown creates a perfect setup for Shadow Fiend is a common mistake. The core problem is that both heroes put out immense magic damage in the mid-game. Smart opponents can build a single Pipe of Insight and heavily mitigate the impact of both cores at once. Beyond the initial stun for Requiem of Souls, their kits don't mesh well. Primal Beast creates chaos by charging into the enemy team, but Shadow Fiend needs enemies to be grouped and controlled to land multiple Shadowrazes or a high-damage ultimate. They often end up stepping on each other's toes instead of building on each other's strengths.
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 | 46.30% | 324 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.86% | 777 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.53% | 615 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.14% | 299 |
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 | 42.13% | ▼ -4.3pp | 909 |
| 7.41d | 46.41% | ▼ -0.2pp | 71,083 |
| 7.41c | 46.65% | ▼ -0.8pp | 31,793 |
| 7.41b | 47.49% | — | 33,577 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.