How Shadow Demon and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Shadow Shaman win 44.88% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 254 matches.
Trying to lock down a single hero often goes wrong with this pair. Shadow Demon's Disruption will frequently save an enemy that Shadow Shaman has just committed Hex or Shackles on, completely wasting the disable and giving the target a chance to escape. This anti-synergy makes their gank attempts awkward and unreliable. Beyond that core conflict, both heroes occupy a similar space as supports who need key items to enable their single-target control. Having both on the same team often means one of them will be under-farmed and ineffective, and they lack the tools to deal with multiple threats or strong AoE teamfights later on.
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 | 42.19% | 128 |
| Crusader & Archon | 39.78% | 274 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.51% | 206 |
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 | 44.88% | ▼ -1.0pp | 254 |
| 7.41d | 45.83% | ▲ +0.2pp | 23,379 |
| 7.41c | 45.59% | ▼ -0.5pp | 11,588 |
| 7.41b | 46.08% | — | 15,170 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.