How Shadow Fiend and Winter Wyvern perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Winter Wyvern win 48.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,279 matches.
Setting up a teamfight with Winter's Curse seems like a good plan, but it backfires when your damage dealer is Shadow Fiend. Enemies caught in the ultimate are immune to his Requiem of Souls, meaning Winter Wyvern's biggest control spell completely negates Shadow Fiend's biggest damage spell. This core conflict extends to other abilities too. A well-intentioned Cold Embrace can save a low-health Shadow Fiend, but it also stops him from attacking or channeling, potentially interrupting a crucial play and letting an enemy escape.
The lack of a clean combo forces these heroes to play out of sync. Instead of a single decisive teamfight, Winter Wyvern has to use her ultimate for a solo pickoff, with Shadow Fiend only able to contribute after the effect ends. This gives the enemy team a window to react and reposition. In larger fights, the two often feel like they are working against each other, unable to layer their most powerful spells effectively. The result is a partnership that can function, but rarely feels smooth or coordinated when it matters most.
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 | 46.77% | 511 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.42% | 1,398 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.34% | 1,233 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.37% | 718 |
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 | 48.78% | ▲ +1.5pp | 9,279 |
| 7.41d | 47.31% | ▼ -1.0pp | 99,004 |
| 7.41c | 48.27% | ▲ +0.4pp | 37,740 |
| 7.41b | 47.90% | — | 32,623 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.