How Outworld Destroyer and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Outworld Destroyer and Shadow Demon win 39.19% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 12,055 matches.
Drafting these two together often means trying to solve a problem you created for yourself. Both Outworld Destroyer and Shadow Demon rely on a banish as their primary setup tool—Astral Imprisonment and Disruption, respectively. Since you can't use both on the same target at once, their combo potential is awkward and delayed; one hero is always waiting for the other's spell to end. This heavy overlap in function usually leaves the team without a crucial instant stun needed to lock down a target after the banish. As a result, mobile enemies frequently escape. The pair also offers very little frontline or protection for one another, making them vulnerable to aggressive lineups.
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 | 12.24% | 196 |
| Crusader & Archon | 36.10% | 241 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.57% | 350 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.45% | 111 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 39.19% | ▼ -5.1pp | 12,055 |
| 7.41e | 44.29% | ▲ +1.1pp | 22,464 |
| 7.41d | 43.18% | ▲ +2.0pp | 14,522 |
| 7.41c | 41.21% | — | 6,401 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.