How Shadow Fiend and Visage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Visage win 50.30% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,155 matches.
Pushing down towers can be a shared goal, but the timings for these heroes rarely line up. Visage is often ready to group and apply pressure with his Familiars as soon as he gets his ultimate. Shadow Fiend, however, usually needs more time to farm his core items and build Necromastery souls before he can effectively contribute to teamfights or sieges. This clash in tempo often means one hero is either fighting before they're ready or waiting around while their power spike fades. The result is a game plan that can feel pulled in two different directions, making it difficult to secure a decisive early lead.
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 | 50.24% | 209 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.42% | 424 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.59% | 376 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.95% | 228 |
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 | 50.30% | ▲ +0.0pp | 4,155 |
| 7.41d | 50.29% | ▼ -0.2pp | 31,640 |
| 7.41c | 50.51% | ▲ +1.6pp | 13,109 |
| 7.41b | 48.92% | — | 12,779 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.