How Shadow Fiend and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Fiend and Zeus win 47.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 28,230 matches.
Pairing two heavy magic damage dealers like this often creates a draft that's very one-dimensional. Both Shadow Fiend and Zeus are squishy heroes who want farm priority to get their core items online. While the idea of softening up the entire map with Thundergod's Wrath before a big Requiem of Souls sounds good, the execution is tricky. The team lacks reliable lockdown, making it hard for Shadow Fiend to get a perfect ultimate. Enemies can simply walk away or use mobility spells, as neither hero provides the hard stuns needed to hold them in place.
Across the game, this duo is racing against the clock. Their goal is to snowball with overwhelming magical burst before the other team can build items like Pipe of Insight or Black King Bars. The enemy's plan is simple: survive the initial onslaught, itemize for magic resistance, and then run at the two fragile cores. The Zeus player stays back and spams spells, while the Shadow Fiend player is forced to find a risky position in the middle of the fight. It puts a lot of pressure on your other teammates to provide all the control and frontline presence.
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 | 50.46% | 1,619 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.51% | 4,458 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.78% | 4,049 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.21% | 1,512 |
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 | 47.82% | ▼ -2.0pp | 28,230 |
| 7.41d | 49.83% | ▼ -0.2pp | 363,414 |
| 7.41c | 49.98% | ▲ +1.5pp | 122,189 |
| 7.41b | 48.46% | — | 102,754 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.