How Shadow Fiend and Ursa perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Ursa win 44.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,480 matches.
Facing down this pair often feels less threatening than it should. The core issue is that both heroes want to be the star of the fight, but neither enables the other. Shadow Fiend needs reliable lockdown to guarantee his Requiem of Souls or a full set of Shadowrazes. Ursa’s ground slow helps, but it’s not the hard stun that lets SF unload. In return, Ursa wants to stay on top of a target to build up his damage, but Shadow Fiend offers no stuns or roots to help him stick. They both want another hero to provide the control.
This conflict plays out across the map. As two heroes hungry for farm, they often compete for space and slow each other’s timings. In teamfights, their positioning is at odds; Ursa needs to be on top of a target, while Shadow Fiend wants to find space to cast from the outside. Without lockdown from elsewhere on the team, opponents can often split their focus, kiting Ursa while pressuring Shadow Fiend. They end up fighting two separate battles instead of one coordinated one, making it easy for an enemy team to pick them apart.
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 | 44.90% | 755 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.23% | 1,667 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.09% | 1,176 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.31% | 334 |
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 | 44.54% | ▼ -0.8pp | 10,480 |
| 7.41d | 45.35% | ▲ +0.1pp | 121,964 |
| 7.41c | 45.22% | ▲ +1.1pp | 52,437 |
| 7.41b | 44.17% | — | 50,456 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.