How Ringmaster and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 50.66%
Win rate when Ringmaster and Shadow Shaman are on the same team, over 14,490 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Ringmaster and Shadow Shaman win 50.66% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 14,490 matches.
Why this works
Picking Ringmaster and Shadow Shaman together means committing hard to a catch-and-kill strategy. Ringmaster’s abilities can pull an enemy hero into a predictable spot, which gives Shadow Shaman a free opening to land his Shackles or drop Serpent Wards for a guaranteed kill. The main issue is that both heroes are squishy, offer little defensive utility, and can be overwhelmed by teams that can survive the initial lockdown and turn on them.
Ringmaster + Shadow Shaman by rank
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
47.66%
107
Crusader & Archon
50.11%
451
Legend & Ancient
52.44%
532
Divine & Immortal
50.31%
163
Ringmaster + Shadow Shaman 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
50.66%
▲ +0.1pp
14,490
7.41e
50.57%
▲ +0.5pp
53,490
7.41d
50.08%
▼ -0.5pp
52,912
7.41c
50.54%
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18,819
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