How Shadow Demon and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Shadow Demon and Slardar win 44.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,315 matches.
Picking both Shadow Demon and Slardar can leave you wondering who is supposed to deal the damage. Their setups seem good on paper, but they often conflict in practice. Slardar wants to get in close and start hitting to apply his armor reduction, but a friendly Disruption takes his target off the map and prevents him from doing so. Shadow Demon's long setup is perfect for delayed spells, but Slardar’s stun is already easy to land, making the combo feel clunky. Both heroes are great at creating opportunities, but putting them together often means you're missing the damage-dealer that can actually capitalize on them.
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 | 39.15% | 212 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.12% | 273 |
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 | 44.35% | ▼ -1.9pp | 7,315 |
| 7.41e | 46.28% | ▲ +0.9pp | 27,795 |
| 7.41d | 45.41% | ▼ -2.3pp | 27,578 |
| 7.41c | 47.67% | — | 14,142 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.