How Shadow Demon and Snapfire perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Snapfire win 37.50% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 352 matches.
Facing a lane with both these heroes can feel uncomfortable, as if a big combo is always waiting. The reality is that their key spells often work against each other. A target trapped in Shadow Demon's Disruption is immune to damage, which means Snapfire can't land Mortimer Kisses until the effect ends. By that point, the enemy has had time to reposition or prepare a save. This forces Snapfire to hold her ultimate or use Firesnap Cookie just to close the distance, often without a reliable stun when the target actually reappears. This core timing conflict makes their kill threat much lower than you'd expect and leaves them with few other ways to directly help one another.
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 | 47.90% | 119 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.93% | 396 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.69% | 472 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.03% | 244 |
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 | 37.50% | ▼ -11.1pp | 352 |
| 7.41d | 48.56% | ▲ +1.6pp | 48,516 |
| 7.41c | 46.98% | ▲ +4.1pp | 16,161 |
| 7.41b | 42.88% | — | 7,834 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.