Ranged hero. Roles: Utility, Support, Nuker, Disabler, Pusher, Ganker. Lanes: Safelane Support, Roamer.
Shadow Shaman wins 51.6% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 28th highest win rate of 127 heroes: 51.5% in Very High, 51.6% in High and 51.7% in Normal skill games. It is picked in 14.0% of matches, and over the last 10 days its win rate has gone down by 0.6 points.
Shadow Shaman does best in short games (under 25 minutes), winning 52.9% of them, against 50.5% in long games (over 50 minutes). Shadow Shaman is strongest against Bounty Hunter, Ursa and Kez, and struggles against Phantom Lancer, Meepo and Naga Siren. The best teammates for Shadow Shaman are Dark Seer, Chen and Sand King.
From public ranked All Pick matches of the current patch. Updated 21 October 2026. Compare with every other hero in the Dota 2 meta table, or pick against a full enemy draft in the Counter & Synergy Picker.
Advantage (Adv) - The difference between the actual winrate of the heroes and the expected winrate from their base winrates.
Example: Let's take two heroes, Superman, with a general winrate of 53%, and Lex Luthor, with a general winrate of 47%. When they meet on the battlefield they each have a statistical winrate of 50%.
In this case it's obvious that, even if they have the same winrate when they battle, there is some sort of innate statistical advantage that Lex Luthor (average winrate 47% but 50% against Superman) has over Superman (average winrate 53% but 50% against Lex Luthor). There are many theories about why this happens, but the most common one is related to Kryptonite.
Winrate (WR) - The winrate between the two heroes.
Weighted over the skill brackets (Very High 35%, High 45%, Normal 20%). Advantage: how much better the matchup goes than the two heroes' own win rates predict, doubled (+6 is about 3 win rate points). Win rate: Shadow Shaman's win rate against or together with the hero.
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty Hunter | +6.05 | 50.9% |
| Ursa | +5.18 | 52.3% |
| Kez | +5.01 | 54.7% |
| Morphling | +4.94 | 52.9% |
| Weaver | +4.87 | 53.1% |
| Sven | +4.30 | 50.9% |
| Bristleback | +4.23 | 53.5% |
| Storm Spirit | +4.17 | 53.4% |
| Puck | +4.09 | 53.2% |
| Slardar | +3.94 | 52.5% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom Lancer | -8.06 | 47.3% |
| Meepo | -7.77 | 47.1% |
| Naga Siren | -7.43 | 49.5% |
| Medusa | -7.08 | 49.5% |
| Terrorblade | -5.40 | 52.1% |
| Dark Seer | -5.28 | 49.6% |
| Spectre | -5.14 | 47.6% |
| Wraith King | -4.36 | 47.4% |
| Dawnbreaker | -3.52 | 48.7% |
| Shadow Demon | -3.42 | 52.5% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Seer | +4.99 | 51.8% |
| Chen | +4.74 | 50.2% |
| Sand King | +4.35 | 51.3% |
| Warlock | +3.79 | 51.5% |
| Bloodseeker | +3.54 | 53.1% |
| Sniper | +3.51 | 51.3% |
| Clockwerk | +3.35 | 50.4% |
| Brewmaster | +3.31 | 51.9% |
| Shadow Fiend | +3.21 | 47.8% |
| Winter Wyvern | +3.07 | 51.6% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Visage | -7.20 | 51.0% |
| Meepo | -4.38 | 51.4% |
| Legion Commander | -4.01 | 51.0% |
| Void Spirit | -3.88 | 49.7% |
| Oracle | -3.18 | 49.9% |
| Lion | -3.17 | 49.3% |
| Hoodwink | -2.91 | 48.5% |
| Night Stalker | -2.79 | 51.3% |
| Beastmaster | -2.77 | 48.0% |
| Dazzle | -2.64 | 50.8% |
Skill level:
Each line in the graph represents the probability that Shadow Shaman brings an advantage to the total XP of a team
at a certain point in time (the probability to change the inclination of the xp graph).
Shadow Shaman's team rarely wins the experience race: at best, around minute 35, it gains the experience lead in 50.9% of games, and around minute 10 in only 46.9%. It doesn't win games by out-leveling the enemy.
The chart shows, every 5 minutes and for each skill bracket, the share of games in which Shadow Shaman's team gains more experience than the enemy team (50% is neutral). All heroes compared: Hero XP Advantage by Minute.
Daily win rate and pick rate of Shadow Shaman for each skill bracket, overall and in short, medium and long games. All heroes side by side: Hero Win Rate and Pick Rate Trends.
| Day | Win rate | Pick rate | Win rate by game length | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All skills | Very High | High | Normal | Short | Medium | Long | ||
| 2026-10-12 | 51.7% | 51.4% | 50.9% | 52.2% | 14.9% | 53.7% | 51.9% | 50.4% |
| 2026-10-13 | 51.4% | 51.8% | 51.0% | 51.5% | 14.8% | 52.4% | 51.7% | 50.2% |
| 2026-10-14 | 51.9% | 52.0% | 51.8% | 51.9% | 14.7% | 56.6% | 52.3% | 49.2% |
| 2026-10-15 | 52.3% | 51.7% | 53.0% | 52.1% | 14.7% | 52.2% | 52.5% | 51.2% |
| 2026-10-16 | 51.1% | 51.6% | 51.2% | 50.8% | 14.6% | 52.1% | 51.1% | 51.2% |
| 2026-10-17 | 52.0% | 50.7% | 52.3% | 52.4% | 14.5% | 54.6% | 52.3% | 50.1% |
| 2026-10-18 | 51.9% | 52.3% | 52.1% | 51.7% | 14.5% | 55.0% | 52.2% | 50.6% |
| 2026-10-19 | 51.4% | 50.4% | 51.0% | 52.1% | 14.4% | 51.8% | 51.7% | 50.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 51.3% | 51.8% | 50.7% | 51.4% | 14.4% | 53.8% | 51.5% | 50.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 51.1% | 50.9% | 52.1% | 50.6% | 14.0% | 54.3% | 51.2% | 49.8% |
Pick rate and game length columns are for all skill brackets; the charts show each bracket.
The hardest counters to Shadow Shaman in patch 7.41 are Phantom Lancer, Meepo and Naga Siren. Against them Shadow Shaman wins 4.0, 3.9 and 3.7 percentage points less often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
Shadow Shaman is strongest against Bounty Hunter, Ursa and Kez, winning 3.0, 2.6 and 2.5 percentage points more often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
The heroes that do best together with Shadow Shaman are Dark Seer, Chen and Sand King, winning 2.5, 2.4 and 2.2 percentage points more often than their own win rates predict. The weakest pairings are with Visage and Meepo.
Shadow Shaman wins 51.6% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 28th highest win rate of 127 heroes, and is picked in 14.0% of matches. Its win rate has gone down by 0.6 points over the last 10 days.
Shadow Shaman wins most in short games (under 25 minutes): 52.9%, against 50.5% in long games (over 50 minutes). Shadow Shaman's team rarely wins the experience race: at best, around minute 35, it gains the experience lead in 50.9% of games, and around minute 10 in only 46.9%. It doesn't win games by out-leveling the enemy.
