How Shadow Shaman and Tinker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Shaman and Tinker win 48.89% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,127 matches.
Spreading the map to maximize farm often conflicts with grouping up to take objectives, and these two heroes embody that conflict. Tinker wants to be everywhere at once, pushing out lanes and accelerating his own economy. He plays a solo game on a team map. Shadow Shaman's entire plan revolves around his team being present. He uses his disables to hold someone down for allies to kill, and then drops Mass Serpent Ward to take a tower with his team. These two game plans are fundamentally at odds, pulling the team in different directions.
The result is often a disjointed mid-game. Shadow Shaman might find a perfect initiation with Shackles, but Tinker is likely on the other side of the map and unable to contribute damage. Conversely, when the team groups to push with Shadow Shaman's wards, it slows down Tinker's farm pattern, which is his primary win condition. The game becomes a waiting game: either waiting for Tinker to get his items, or waiting for a rare moment where both heroes happen to be in the same place at the same time. This hesitation gives opponents plenty of time to organize.
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 | 49.92% | 589 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.87% | 1,234 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.58% | 879 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.48% | 291 |
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 | 48.89% | ▼ -0.4pp | 1,127 |
| 7.41d | 49.28% | ▲ +0.2pp | 94,031 |
| 7.41c | 49.12% | ▲ +0.4pp | 47,537 |
| 7.41b | 48.77% | — | 43,188 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.