How Razor and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Razor and Shadow Demon win 45.71% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 175 matches.
Picking these two heroes together feels like a trap for your draft. While Shadow Demon's slows and damage amplification seem like they should set Razor up for a perfect Static Link, the team's core abilities are in direct conflict. The main issue is Disruption. A successful Static Link requires Razor to stay connected to a target, but Shadow Demon's primary defensive spell banishes an ally and instantly breaks that connection. This forces an impossible choice in fights: either Shadow Demon can't use his best save on a key core, or Razor loses all his stolen damage at a critical moment. Their kits actively work against each other, leading to clumsy teamfights where neither hero can operate effectively.
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 | 46.70% | 182 |
| Legend & Ancient | 36.75% | 166 |
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 | 45.71% | ▲ +0.4pp | 175 |
| 7.41d | 45.30% | ▲ +1.9pp | 16,444 |
| 7.41c | 43.38% | ▼ -1.5pp | 7,413 |
| 7.41b | 44.91% | — | 9,902 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.