How Shadow Fiend and Techies perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Techies win 48.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 22,318 matches.
Picking these two heroes together means betting that you can coordinate their area damage. The theory is that Techies can enable Shadow Fiend's aggression. A Sticky Bomb slows a target down, making it much easier for Shadow Fiend to land his sequence of Shadowrazes. Techies can then follow up with Blast Off!, silencing an area to prevent counter-initiation or escape spells. This gives Shadow Fiend a window to either finish the job or get into position for his Requiem of Souls.
The plan often breaks down because it lacks a hard stun. An enemy silenced by Blast Off! can still simply walk out of Shadow Fiend's ultimate, and a slow isn't always enough to guarantee the full damage from Requiem of Souls. The combo is effective at blowing up a single target who is out of position, but struggles against teams that can reposition or save their allies. If that initial burst doesn't secure a kill, both heroes have used their key spells and can be left vulnerable, making the whole strategy feel like a gamble.
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 | 51.12% | 1,344 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.60% | 3,224 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.15% | 2,619 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.44% | 931 |
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 | 48.03% | ▼ -0.3pp | 22,318 |
| 7.41d | 48.36% | ▼ -0.9pp | 234,388 |
| 7.41c | 49.28% | ▲ +0.3pp | 101,567 |
| 7.41b | 48.95% | — | 94,372 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.