How Omniknight and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 45.83%
Win rate when Omniknight and Shadow Demon are on the same team, over 72 ranked matches (7.41e).
In Dota 2 7.41e, Omniknight and Shadow Demon win 45.83% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 72 matches.
Small sample: this pairing has only 72 ranked matches in the current window, so its win rate will swing more than deep-sample pairings as new games come in.
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
7.41e early
45.83%
▲ +2.8pp
72
7.41d
43.01%
▼ -1.7pp
7,515
7.41c
44.73%
▲ +0.7pp
3,606
7.41b
44.04%
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4,391
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Do Omniknight and Shadow Demon work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Omniknight and Shadow Demon win 45.83% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (72 matches) — below the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Omniknight + Shadow Demon number?
72 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily. This pairing is below our 100-match deep-sample bar, so expect the number to swing more than usual.