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.

Top 5 builds cover 48% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Blink Dagger → Kaya → Yasha · 64 games · win rate 57.8%

Everything below follows the selected build.

Full build

From the starting items to the late game, in this build's games with the filters above. Each phase shows up to 3 combinations with win rate, games and share of the build's games; the most played is highlighted.

Most common path

1 · Starting items

0:00

71.4%7 · 11%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

57.1%7 · 11%

Finished items only: no components, consumables or Aghanim's Shard. Any order; shown in the most common one.

3 · Core

first 3 key items

60.0%30 · 47%
65.0%20 · 31%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

40.0%25 · 39%
47.6%21 · 33%
45.5%11 · 17%

Any order, shown in the most common one. A game counts if it reached at least one of the items.

Situational items

Bought in at least 5% of this build's games and not on the most common path, sorted by win-rate change.

No item outside the most common path is bought in at least 5% of this build's games with 30 games on each side.

Win-rate change: win rate of the build's games with the item minus without it, in percentage points. At least 30 games on each side.

Skill order, levels 1–25

43.6% · 273 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.

This build has too few games for its own order, so this is the hero's most common order at this rank and position.

Talents

Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage

53% · 50.0% · 174

Feast of Souls Grants +30% Cast Speed

47% · 73.5% · 155

+0.2s Requiem Fear per line

28% · 57.2% · 166

+5 Necromastery Max Souls

72% · 51.5% · 421

+2 Feast of Souls Souls Collected Per Hero

38% · 49.0% · 294

+1.5 Presence Armor Reduction

62% · 45.6% · 485

+30 Feast of Souls Attack Speed

40% · 37.0% · 335

+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage

60% · 50.0% · 494

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

Numbers from all the hero's games at this rank and position: 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.

Neutral items

45.4% · 108

46.0% · 87

56.6% · 83

41.3% · 80

40.0% · 60

25.0% · 56

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~18:36

5–10 min	▲ 73.1%	52
10–15 min	▼ 47.4%	156
15–20 min	▲ 58.0%	119
20–25 min	▼ 35.5%	93
25–30 min	▼ 45.8%	48
30–35 min	▼ 47.8%	23
35–40 min	▲ 56.3%	16
40–45 min	▲ 75.0%	4
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	2
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 53.8% wins; later: 48.4%.

Blink Dagger~19:28

5–10 min	▲ 62.5%	32
10–15 min	▲ 57.0%	86
15–20 min	▲ 57.6%	165
20–25 min	▼ 38.5%	96
25–30 min	▼ 28.1%	32
30–35 min	▼ 42.9%	21
35–40 min	▲ 60.0%	10
40–45 min	▲ 75.0%	4
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	3
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 58.5% wins; later: 48.4%.

Black King Bar~32:07

15–20 min	▲ 66.7%	3
20–25 min	▲ 61.8%	55
25–30 min	▲ 57.0%	128
30–35 min	▼ 45.8%	131
35–40 min	▼ 42.3%	78
40–45 min	▼ 48.5%	33
45–50 min	▼ 37.5%	16
50–55 min	▼ 25.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 58.6% wins; later: 44.5%.

Kaya~19:08

0–5 min	▲ 100.0%	1
5–10 min	▲ 72.0%	25
10–15 min	▲ 65.0%	103
15–20 min	▼ 46.9%	113
20–25 min	▲ 52.7%	55
25–30 min	▼ 42.9%	35
30–35 min	▼ 31.6%	19
35–40 min	▲ 60.0%	10
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	6
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	2
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 66.7% wins; later: 46.9%.

Yasha and Kaya~21:17

10–15 min	▲ 66.7%	72
15–20 min	▲ 54.5%	132
20–25 min	▼ 48.4%	62
25–30 min	▼ 47.8%	46
30–35 min	▼ 45.8%	24
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	14
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	6
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	2
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 20:00: 58.8% wins; later: 47.4%.

Boots of Travel~25:48

5–10 min	▲ 61.5%	13
10–15 min	▼ 33.3%	24
15–20 min	▲ 60.3%	58
20–25 min	▲ 63.5%	96
25–30 min	▼ 46.5%	43
30–35 min	▼ 40.6%	32
35–40 min	▲ 70.6%	17
40–45 min	▲ 68.4%	19
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	15
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 58.6% wins; later: 53.7%.

Dragon Lance~21:25

5–10 min	▼ 40.0%	5
10–15 min	▼ 46.0%	63
15–20 min	▼ 45.1%	82
20–25 min	▼ 41.8%	79
25–30 min	▼ 37.8%	37
30–35 min	▼ 44.0%	25
35–40 min	▼ 16.7%	12
40–45 min	▼ 33.3%	3
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	2
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1
80–85 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 45.3% wins; later: 40.0%.

Aghanim's Scepter~34:34

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 81.0%	21
25–30 min	▲ 77.1%	48
30–35 min	▲ 69.9%	83
35–40 min	▲ 68.5%	54
40–45 min	▼ 38.1%	42
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	12
50–55 min	▲ 75.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 78.6% wins; later: 61.4%.