How Shadow Shaman and Timbersaw perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Shaman and Timbersaw win 44.67% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,097 matches.
Picking these two commits your team to an aggressive, objective-focused game. The problem is they approach it differently. Shadow Shaman excels at locking down a key target with Hex or Shackles, then using Mass Serpent Ward to melt a tower. Timbersaw, however, wants to be a chaotic, mobile brawler, using Timber Chain to dive past the front lines. His ideal fight is constantly moving, drawing enemies around the map. This mobility often works against Shaman, whose biggest spell is completely stationary. Timbersaw can easily pull the action away from the very spot Shaman needs to control.
This tension plays out in mid-game pushes. While a Shaman gank can enable Timbersaw in lane, later fights feel disjointed. Either Timbersaw is forced to play cautiously around the Serpent Wards, limiting his disruptive potential, or he dives deep and pulls the fight away, leaving the Wards hitting air. A smart enemy team will exploit this by separating them. To succeed, your team must force fights directly onto buildings, allowing Timbersaw to defend the area while the Wards do their work. It's a specific plan that doesn't always come together.
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 | 48.54% | 445 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.48% | 1,161 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.47% | 1,061 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.90% | 390 |
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 | 44.67% | ▼ -3.0pp | 1,097 |
| 7.41d | 47.71% | ▼ -0.1pp | 90,674 |
| 7.41c | 47.78% | ▲ +1.2pp | 42,162 |
| 7.41b | 46.60% | — | 34,835 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.