How Shadow Demon and Timbersaw perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Timbersaw win 39.29% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 168 matches.
Finding an early rhythm is tough for this duo, making it hard to take control of the map. Timbersaw wants to be a constant, aggressive threat, diving and forcing fights from the start. Shadow Demon’s kit is awkward for enabling that playstyle. Disruption is often a poor setup for a hero who deals damage over time, and it can accidentally save the target Timbersaw is trying to finish off. They both need a good laning phase to come online, but they don’t provide the right tools for each other. This leads to a slow, disjointed game where neither hero gets the snowballing start they need to be effective, and they struggle to find their impact together.
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 | 39.37% | 127 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.32% | 124 |
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 | 39.29% | ▼ -1.4pp | 168 |
| 7.41d | 40.71% | ▼ -0.6pp | 13,896 |
| 7.41c | 41.31% | ▲ +1.7pp | 6,383 |
| 7.41b | 39.61% | — | 6,369 |
Move this data into a draft
Both heroes start on Radiant. Fill the remaining slots to test this pairing inside a complete draft and get next-pick recommendations.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.