How Shadow Demon and Undying perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Undying win 49.44% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 269 matches.
Setting up a kill with Disruption often works against what Undying is trying to do. Undying thrives in messy, prolonged brawls where his Tombstone can spawn a zombie army and Decay drains the entire enemy team. Taking a hero out of the fight, even for a couple of seconds, breaks that momentum and gives the enemy a chance to reset or focus the tomb. Shadow Demon wants to isolate and burst one person with Soul Catcher, while Undying wants to grind everyone down at once. This fundamental clash in their fighting styles means they struggle to enable each other, often leading to awkward teamfights where neither hero gets to execute their plan properly.
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 | 46.18% | 301 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.38% | 260 |
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 | 49.44% | ▲ +2.7pp | 269 |
| 7.41d | 46.76% | ▲ +0.4pp | 23,311 |
| 7.41c | 46.38% | ▲ +0.9pp | 9,983 |
| 7.41b | 45.45% | — | 11,746 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.