How Shadow Demon and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Templar Assassin win 41.75% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,248 matches.
Saving Templar Assassin with Disruption often does more harm than good. She wants to tank initial burst with Refraction, but the banish gives enemies a free window to reset, reposition, and be ready the moment she reappears. The save attempt ends up wasting her own defensive tool and getting her killed. Their broader game plans also conflict. Shadow Demon excels at controlling drawn-out teamfights, setting up for allies who deal sustained damage. Templar Assassin wants to play much faster, hitting an early power spike and deleting a single target instantly with a Meld strike. They are playing two different games, and their timings and fight preferences rarely align.
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 | 45.56% | 180 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.38% | 174 |
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 | 41.75% | ▲ +0.3pp | 1,248 |
| 7.41d | 41.43% | ▼ -1.7pp | 14,990 |
| 7.41c | 43.16% | ▲ +0.4pp | 6,311 |
| 7.41b | 42.76% | — | 9,834 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.