How Shadow Fiend and Spectre perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Spectre win 48.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,017 matches.
Fighting into a well-placed Requiem of Souls often forces enemies to scatter. This chaos is exactly what Spectre thrives on. With Haunt, she can jump between the fleeing, weakened targets, securing kills on heroes who thought they had escaped the initial blast. The fear from Shadow Fiend's ultimate can also isolate a single enemy, making them an easy target for Spectre's passive damage. SF provides the big area-of-effect setup, and Spectre provides the global cleanup.
This entire strategy hinges on Shadow Fiend creating pressure during the mid-game. By forcing fights and threatening objectives, he draws attention away from Spectre, giving her the space to farm her essential items without interruption. If the enemy team cannot contain SF's tempo, they will find themselves facing a farmed Spectre later on. Their main goal is to punish the mid-game and shut down Shadow Fiend, preventing him from ever building that momentum for his team.
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 | 51.14% | 1,052 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.79% | 2,428 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.57% | 1,443 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.51% | 430 |
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 | 48.09% | ▼ -4.3pp | 2,017 |
| 7.41d | 52.37% | ▼ -1.0pp | 164,413 |
| 7.41c | 53.39% | ▲ +1.5pp | 62,532 |
| 7.41b | 51.87% | — | 55,682 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.