How Shadow Fiend and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Slark win 48.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 14,329 matches.
Trying to secure enough farm for both Shadow Fiend and Slark can stretch a team's map control thin. Both cores are greedy, but they acquire gold differently. Shadow Fiend excels at rapidly clearing waves and jungle camps with Shadowraze, while Slark prefers to find isolated pickoffs to build his stats. This can create competition for safe farming space. Their kits also lack a strong direct link; Slark’s Pounce leash is a decent hold, but it isn't the hard stun that Shadow Fiend needs to guarantee his damage lands.
The result is that their power spikes can feel out of sync. Slark might be ready to fight and snowball after his first big item, but Shadow Fiend may still need more time to complete his own core items like a BKB. This can lead to one hero trying to force the issue while the other is still farming, splitting the team's focus. For the duo to succeed, they often depend on their supports to provide the control and setup that neither of them brings, bridging the gap between their different tempos.
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 | 49.81% | 809 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.02% | 2,246 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.94% | 1,939 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.79% | 544 |
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 | 48.34% | ▲ +0.3pp | 14,329 |
| 7.41d | 48.08% | ▲ +0.0pp | 156,999 |
| 7.41c | 48.06% | ▲ +0.6pp | 75,700 |
| 7.41b | 47.49% | — | 83,930 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.