How Shadow Demon and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Witch Doctor win 46.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 252 matches.
Trying to land a kill with this duo often feels clumsy. Shadow Demon’s Disruption is a powerful setup tool, but it makes the target immune to everything, including Witch Doctor's damage. This forces a delay after the setup where the enemy can react before Maledict or Death Ward can be applied. Both heroes are also extremely fragile and lack reliable stuns for the laning stage, making them easy targets for aggressive pairs. While amplifying damage is their shared goal, the awkward timing of their spells gets in the way. A simpler, more direct stun is what Witch Doctor really needs to land his ultimate, and Disruption is the opposite of that.
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 | 45.91% | 281 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.22% | 229 |
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 | 46.03% | ▼ -0.0pp | 252 |
| 7.41d | 46.05% | ▲ +0.3pp | 23,986 |
| 7.41c | 45.72% | ▲ +0.6pp | 12,569 |
| 7.41b | 45.13% | — | 15,693 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.