How Shadow Demon and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Storm Spirit win 28.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 224 matches.
Setting up a kill with Disruption seems like a great idea on paper, but for Storm Spirit it often creates problems. The long delay before a target reappears gives the enemy team time to reposition and counter-initiate, spoiling Storm's preferred quick-in, quick-out gank. His entire game is about continuous movement and chasing, and waiting for the setup often means he loses his window or gets caught himself. Even a defensive Disruption on a low-health Storm Spirit can be a death sentence, trapping him in place when he would rather use Ball Lightning to escape. Shadow Demon simply doesn't provide the instant lockdown or lane dominance that lets Storm snowball effectively.
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 | 36.36% | 187 |
| Legend & Ancient | 34.08% | 179 |
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 | 28.12% | ▼ -13.4pp | 224 |
| 7.41d | 41.50% | ▼ -0.9pp | 21,412 |
| 7.41c | 42.37% | ▲ +0.1pp | 11,321 |
| 7.41b | 42.29% | — | 11,966 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.