How Shadow Fiend and Tidehunter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Tidehunter win 51.05% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,472 matches.
Setting up a big teamfight with this duo revolves around a single, powerful combination. Tidehunter’s Ravage provides the perfect, wide-area stun for Shadow Fiend to safely channel a full Requiem of Souls. When executed properly, this can end a fight before it even begins. The problem is that both of these ultimates have very long cooldowns. The success of the pairing is often entirely dependent on landing this one sequence. If the timings are off, if one hero is dead, or if the fight is decided by the Ravage alone, their powerful synergy vanishes, leading to a partnership that feels inconsistent from game to game.
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 | 50.39% | 774 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.75% | 2,328 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.68% | 2,068 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.76% | 834 |
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 | 51.05% | ▲ +0.6pp | 2,472 |
| 7.41d | 50.46% | ▼ -0.4pp | 175,242 |
| 7.41c | 50.82% | ▲ +0.2pp | 83,190 |
| 7.41b | 50.63% | — | 96,169 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.