Shadow Fiend — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Yasha~16:43
Kaya~16:53
Yasha and Kaya~19:03

Skill order, levels 1–25

48.3% · 89 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Shadowraze	1		3		5		7
Feast of Souls										10		12		14	15
Presence of the Dark Lord		2		4				8	9
Requiem of Souls						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage

45% · 61.4% · 57

Feast of Souls Grants +30% Cast Speed

55% · 59.2% · 71

+0.2s Requiem Fear per line

56% · 52.8% · 127

+5 Necromastery Max Souls

44% · 54.0% · 100

+2 Feast of Souls Souls Collected Per Hero

42% · 48.8% · 125

+1.5 Presence Armor Reduction

58% · 47.7% · 174

+30 Feast of Souls Attack Speed

41% · 42.1% · 428

+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage

59% · 42.4% · 606

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Talents at 15, 20, 25: the games of this build. Talents at 10: all the hero's games at this rank and position, because this build has under 30 games on a side. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

40.3% · 149

51.4% · 72

58.3% · 48

Neutral items

50.0% · 130

36.6% · 123

47.4% · 114

44.2% · 113

36.5% · 74

30.8% · 52

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Yasha~16:43

5–10 min	▲ 57.6%	85
10–15 min	▼ 47.4%	289
15–20 min	▼ 42.7%	227
20–25 min	▼ 39.6%	96
25–30 min	▼ 35.6%	45
30–35 min	▼ 28.0%	25
35–40 min	▼ 37.5%	8
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	2
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	4

Bought before 15:00: 49.7% wins; later: 39.8%.

Blink Dagger~18:42

5–10 min	▼ 39.5%	43
10–15 min	▼ 45.5%	134
15–20 min	▼ 47.7%	306
20–25 min	▼ 32.5%	114
25–30 min	▼ 7.1%	14
30–35 min	▼ 27.3%	11
35–40 min	▲ 66.7%	3
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	12
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	6
50–55 min	▲ 77.8%	9
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	2
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 44.1% wins; later: 43.9%.

Black King Bar~29:17

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	4
20–25 min	▲ 54.8%	115
25–30 min	▼ 44.5%	281
30–35 min	▼ 39.5%	162
35–40 min	▼ 35.0%	60
40–45 min	▲ 71.4%	14
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	6
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	4
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 56.3% wins; later: 42.8%.

Kaya~16:53

5–10 min	▲ 53.7%	41
10–15 min	▼ 49.5%	222
15–20 min	▼ 41.0%	200
20–25 min	▼ 35.2%	71
25–30 min	▼ 31.6%	19
30–35 min	▼ 25.0%	16
35–40 min	▼ 45.5%	11
40–45 min	▼ 0.0%	1
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	1
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 50.2% wins; later: 38.2%.

Yasha and Kaya~19:03

10–15 min	▲ 57.2%	159
15–20 min	▼ 40.8%	233
20–25 min	▼ 40.8%	103
25–30 min	▼ 36.1%	36
30–35 min	▼ 24.0%	25
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	10
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	2
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	2
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 57.2% wins; later: 39.4%.

Dragon Lance~18:58

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	6
10–15 min	▲ 53.4%	103
15–20 min	▼ 40.9%	137
20–25 min	▼ 48.4%	64
25–30 min	▼ 40.0%	30
30–35 min	▼ 36.8%	19
35–40 min	▼ 44.4%	9

Bought before 15:00: 53.2% wins; later: 42.5%.

Aghanim's Scepter~32:08

20–25 min	▲ 64.3%	42
25–30 min	▲ 57.3%	89
30–35 min	▲ 54.8%	135
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	68
40–45 min	▼ 43.5%	23
45–50 min	▼ 25.0%	4
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 59.5% wins; later: 51.9%.

Mask of Madness~12:23

5–10 min	▲ 56.6%	53
10–15 min	▼ 40.2%	249
15–20 min	▼ 30.0%	30
20–25 min	▼ 14.3%	7
40–45 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 10:00: 56.6% wins; later: 38.3%.