How Omniknight and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 47.17%
Win rate when Omniknight and Shadow Demon are on the same team, over 2,423 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Omniknight and Shadow Demon win 47.17% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,423 matches.
Why this works
Pairing these two heroes often looks better on paper than it is in practice. The idea of having multiple ways to save an ally seems strong, but Omniknight and Shadow Demon frequently interfere with each other. A hero hidden by Disruption can't be targeted by Heavenly Grace or Guardian Angel, wasting a crucial window. If Omniknight's spells are already active, Shadow Demon's save takes that buffed hero out of the fight entirely. Offensively, the problem is even worse. Shadow Demon can set up a kill with Soul Catcher, but Omniknight has no reliable lockdown or burst damage to follow up, leaving the enemy to simply walk away. Their kits are redundant defensively and lack any real chemistry for aggression.
Omniknight + Shadow Demon across patches
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
47.17%
▲ +2.7pp
2,423
7.41e
44.49%
▲ +1.6pp
7,026
7.41d
42.85%
▼ -1.9pp
8,460
7.41c
44.73%
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3,606
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