How Primal Beast and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 44.03%
Win rate when Primal Beast and Shadow Demon are on the same team, over 3,273 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Primal Beast and Shadow Demon win 44.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,273 matches.
Why this works
Picking these two together forces your team into a very awkward rhythm. The core problem is that their abilities work against each other's timing. Shadow Demon's Disruption, meant as a setup, will often save an enemy from Primal Beast's initial Onslaught charge. By the time the target reappears from the banishment, Primal Beast's momentum is lost and he's left vulnerable in the middle of the fight. Primal Beast wants to immediately chain his spells on a target, but Shadow Demon introduces a pause that ruins this entire sequence. This fundamental clash in their kits makes coordinating ganks and teamfights difficult, leading to them stepping on each other's toes from the laning stage onward.
Primal Beast + 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
44.03%
▼ -0.9pp
3,273
7.41e
44.89%
▲ +1.6pp
10,456
7.41d
43.31%
▲ +0.3pp
11,754
7.41c
43.06%
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5,920
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