How Phoenix and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phoenix and Shadow Demon win 40.57% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 106 matches.
Facing this duo often feels less threatening than it should. Their spells can actively work against each other in a fight. Shadow Demon might use Disruption to set up a kill, but that same target becomes immune to and cleansed of any Fire Spirits Phoenix just applied. This timing conflict makes laning and ganking awkward. In larger fights, their ultimates don't have a clear synergy. Supernova requires the team to protect the egg, but Shadow Demon's kit is better at single-target control and peeling, which doesn't always guarantee the egg survives a full team assault. The result is two powerful heroes often pulling in different directions.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 42.20% | 109 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.00% | 125 |
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 | 40.57% | ▼ -5.4pp | 106 |
| 7.41d | 45.99% | ▲ +0.1pp | 13,021 |
| 7.41c | 45.87% | ▼ -2.7pp | 8,283 |
| 7.41b | 48.59% | — | 11,929 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.