How Shadow Demon and Windranger perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Windranger win 45.59% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 340 matches.
Picking these two heroes for a pickoff-focused draft often feels like a trap. The core issue lies in how their abilities interact with time. Shadow Demon's Disruption does set up a target, but it also makes them invulnerable for a duration. This is the opposite of what Windranger wants; she needs to connect Shackleshot and start channeling Focus Fire immediately. The delay from Disruption gives the enemy team a window to reposition and save their teammate or punish the setup. While Soul Catcher does amplify the damage from Focus Fire, the whole sequence is fragile and their toolkits offer little backup if the initial gank fails. Their methods for locking down one hero simply clash.
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 | 44.36% | 133 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.85% | 325 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.45% | 333 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.15% | 146 |
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 | 45.59% | ▲ +2.5pp | 340 |
| 7.41d | 43.09% | ▲ +0.3pp | 34,729 |
| 7.41c | 42.81% | ▼ -0.3pp | 16,112 |
| 7.41b | 43.06% | — | 17,095 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.