How Primal Beast and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Shadow Shaman win 50.32% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,002 matches.
Getting caught by this pair means facing a long chain of lockdown. Primal Beast can initiate and hold a target in place with Pulverize, which creates an easy opportunity for Shadow Shaman to follow up with Hex and a full-duration Shackles. If the Serpent Wards are available, the focused hero is unlikely to survive the combined damage and control. This single-target deletion potential is what the duo relies on to create an advantage during ganks and early skirmishes.
The main drawback is committing two heroes and their key spells to a single target. While Primal Beast and Shadow Shaman are occupied, the rest of the enemy team is free to counter-initiate or save their ally with a Force Staff or Glimmer Cape. A well-timed save can leave both heroes dangerously out of position. This makes their game plan about finding good pickoffs on isolated targets; trying the combo in a full teamfight is much riskier and depends entirely on the enemy team lacking the tools to punish the commitment.
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 | 47.06% | 391 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.01% | 902 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.43% | 603 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.20% | 249 |
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 | 50.32% | ▼ -0.1pp | 6,002 |
| 7.41d | 50.42% | ▲ +0.7pp | 71,388 |
| 7.41c | 49.73% | ▼ -2.5pp | 36,923 |
| 7.41b | 52.22% | — | 45,806 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.