How Shadow Shaman and Treant Protector perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Shaman and Treant Protector win 50.62% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,925 matches.
Layering disables from these two heroes can create very potent ganks. Treant Protector's Overgrowth provides an uninterruptible setup for Shadow Shaman to apply a full duration Shackles or safely place his Mass Serpent Wards. During these channels, Treant can apply Living Armor to make Shaman surprisingly durable, securing a kill on a key target. This setup is particularly effective for guaranteeing kills on elusive heroes and then transitioning that advantage into taking a tower.
The main issue is that both heroes invest heavily into controlling one enemy at a time. This can be insufficient against lineups with multiple dangerous cores or good saves. Outside of Overgrowth's long cooldown, their kits don't have much special interaction. Both heroes can also struggle for farm and positioning in fights, and they don't cover each other's core weaknesses to mass area-of-effect damage or high mobility. When the enemy team can play spread out, the impact of this lockdown-focused duo is often muted.
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 | 46.04% | 278 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.95% | 664 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.96% | 510 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.27% | 220 |
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 | 50.62% | ▼ -0.7pp | 3,925 |
| 7.41d | 51.31% | ▲ +0.4pp | 44,521 |
| 7.41c | 50.89% | ▼ -0.5pp | 15,556 |
| 7.41b | 51.36% | — | 16,753 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.