Shadow Demon — 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 33% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Blink Dagger → Glimmer Cape → Force Staff · 57 games · win rate 57.9%

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 · 12%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

63.2%38 · 67%
53.8%13 · 23%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

77.8%18 · 32%
42.9%14 · 25%
61.5%13 · 23%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

53.8%13 · 23%
72.7%11 · 19%
60.0%10 · 18%

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

46.2% · 517 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
Disruption	1											12		14	15
Disseminate				4				8	9	10
Shadow Poison		2	3		5		7
Demonic Purge						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

2 Charges of Disruption

83% · 59.7% · 320

Demonic Purge Applies Shadow Poison

17% · 64.1% · 64

-20s Demonic Purge Cooldown

63% · 57.0% · 847

+15% Disseminate Shared Damage

37% · 56.9% · 487

-1s Shadow Poison Cooldown

73% · 51.1% · 1,631

+20 Movement Speed

27% · 55.1% · 590

+8 Strength

44% · 46.3% · 1,201

+15% Shadow Poison Damage

56% · 44.7% · 1,552

+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

36.2% · 437

46.0% · 363

46.1% · 228

42.3% · 189

46.9% · 179

48.5% · 169

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.

Blink Dagger~24:39

10–15 min	▲ 60.6%	71
15–20 min	▲ 52.9%	473
20–25 min	▼ 49.9%	539
25–30 min	▼ 48.6%	352
30–35 min	▲ 52.1%	194
35–40 min	▲ 50.5%	103
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	40
45–50 min	▲ 56.3%	16
50–55 min	▼ 25.0%	12
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 53.9% wins; later: 49.8%.

Aether Lens~25:55

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▼ 49.1%	55
15–20 min	▼ 49.8%	291
20–25 min	▼ 46.9%	271
25–30 min	▲ 51.2%	215
30–35 min	▼ 47.7%	172
35–40 min	▲ 50.6%	89
40–45 min	▼ 47.4%	57
45–50 min	▼ 33.3%	15
50–55 min	▼ 10.0%	10
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	4
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 48.5% wins; later: 48.6%.

Glimmer Cape~27:00

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	10
15–20 min	▲ 50.8%	185
20–25 min	▼ 45.8%	273
25–30 min	▼ 42.4%	236
30–35 min	▼ 45.5%	189
35–40 min	▼ 40.5%	79
40–45 min	▼ 46.2%	39
45–50 min	▼ 40.0%	10
50–55 min	▲ 54.5%	11
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 47.9% wins; later: 43.5%.

Aghanim's Scepter~37:03

15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 51.9%	27
25–30 min	▲ 64.1%	103
30–35 min	▲ 62.2%	193
35–40 min	▲ 55.5%	227
40–45 min	▲ 53.1%	145
45–50 min	▲ 61.1%	72
50–55 min	▼ 46.9%	32
55–60 min	▲ 63.6%	11
60–65 min	▼ 25.0%	4

Bought before 35:00: 61.6% wins; later: 55.0%.

Force Staff~28:16

10–15 min	▼ 30.0%	10
15–20 min	▲ 52.4%	82
20–25 min	▲ 55.0%	120
25–30 min	▼ 45.6%	149
30–35 min	▼ 47.9%	121
35–40 min	▼ 41.1%	73
40–45 min	▼ 47.8%	23
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	7
50–55 min	▲ 83.3%	6

Bought before 25:00: 52.8% wins; later: 46.4%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~32:15

10–15 min	▼ 0.0%	4
15–20 min	▼ 27.6%	29
20–25 min	▼ 42.2%	45
25–30 min	▲ 51.4%	70
30–35 min	▲ 64.4%	87
35–40 min	▼ 49.0%	49
40–45 min	▲ 68.2%	44
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	18
50–55 min	▲ 80.0%	5
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	2
60–65 min	▼ 33.3%	3
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 42.6% wins; later: 59.5%.

Aeon Disk~40:31

10–15 min	▼ 0.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	2
20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	4
25–30 min	▼ 44.4%	18
30–35 min	▲ 55.2%	29
35–40 min	▲ 60.4%	53
40–45 min	▲ 58.3%	48
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	26
50–55 min	▲ 55.0%	20
55–60 min	▲ 57.1%	7
60–65 min	▲ 60.0%	5
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 40:00: 57.0% wins; later: 55.1%.

Guardian Greaves~38:10

15–20 min	▼ 40.0%	5
20–25 min	▼ 41.7%	12
25–30 min	▲ 66.7%	27
30–35 min	▲ 68.6%	35
35–40 min	▲ 73.2%	41
40–45 min	▲ 80.0%	25
45–50 min	▼ 45.0%	20
50–55 min	▼ 44.4%	9
55–60 min	▼ 37.5%	8
60–65 min	▲ 80.0%	5
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 62.0% wins; later: 65.8%.