How Shadow Demon and Tidehunter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Tidehunter win 35.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 294 matches.
Pairing these two for teamfight control often backfires. Shadow Demon's Disruption is a classic setup tool, but it also makes the target completely immune for a short time. This is a direct conflict with Tidehunter, who wants every enemy available to hit with Ravage. One hero's primary setup spell actively negates the other's ultimate. You end up with two heroes who want to start a fight, but whose methods are fundamentally incompatible, leading to clumsy and ineffective initiations.
This awkwardness forces one player to hold their spells and react, which is never ideal. If Tidehunter lands a big Ravage, Shadow Demon’s single-target setup feels redundant. If Shadow Demon disrupts an enemy first, he might accidentally save them from the fight-winning ultimate that was about to land. The rest of your team is then left waiting for a clean initiation that never comes, while this duo struggles to combine their kits. Both heroes lack serious damage, so if their control spells don't line up perfectly, the fight is often lost.
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 | 24.32% | 148 |
| Crusader & Archon | 38.66% | 238 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.08% | 257 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.45% | 106 |
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 | 35.03% | ▼ -8.7pp | 294 |
| 7.41d | 43.75% | ▼ -0.4pp | 25,993 |
| 7.41c | 44.12% | ▼ -2.5pp | 14,891 |
| 7.41b | 46.57% | — | 23,026 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.