How Shadow Demon and Tinker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Tinker win 37.89% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 161 matches.
Picking these two heroes together creates a team with a conflicted game plan. Tinker wants to play a fast, solo game, using Rearm to apply constant pressure and burst isolated targets from the treeline. Shadow Demon, on the other hand, excels at setting up kills for a coordinated team. The problem is that his primary setup tool, Disruption, actively works against Tinker's goals. Hiding a target that Tinker is trying to burst with Laser and missiles gives the enemy time to react or receive help. It completely breaks the combo. They end up playing two separate games on the same map, rarely in a position to help each other 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 | 38.18% | 165 |
| Legend & Ancient | 32.37% | 139 |
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 | 37.89% | ▼ -5.9pp | 161 |
| 7.41d | 43.82% | ▲ +0.4pp | 14,264 |
| 7.41c | 43.39% | ▲ +0.3pp | 7,295 |
| 7.41b | 43.14% | — | 8,606 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.