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Shadow Shaman

Support · Pusher · Disabler · Nuker · Initiator

Pro games

What pros buy

Most-bought items in each phase of recent professional games, from OpenDota. Consumables are left out after the start.

Starting items

  • Iron BranchIron Branch126×
  • TangoTango94×
  • Blood GrenadeBlood Grenade85×
  • Observer and Sentry WardsObserver and Sentry Wards82×
  • Faerie FireFaerie Fire59×
  • Sentry WardSentry Ward55×

Early game

  • Boots of SpeedBoots of Speed86×
  • Tranquil BootsTranquil Boots12×
  • Arcane BootsArcane Boots9×
  • Void StoneVoid Stone1×

Mid game

  • Blink DaggerBlink Dagger62×
  • Arcane BootsArcane Boots54×
  • Aether LensAether Lens21×
  • Staff of WizardryStaff of Wizardry11×
  • Aghanim's ShardAghanim's Shard7×
  • Ogre AxeOgre Axe6×

Late game

  • Aether LensAether Lens21×
  • Force StaffForce Staff18×
  • Black King BarBlack King Bar18×
  • Glimmer CapeGlimmer Cape18×
  • Blink DaggerBlink Dagger16×
  • Eul's Scepter of DivinityEul's Scepter of Divinity6×

Pro games

Matchups

Shadow Shaman's win rate against each hero in pro games. Only heroes with 25+ games count, and small samples are pulled toward 50% when ranking.

Shadow Shaman is strong against

Shadow Shaman struggles against

Benchmarks

What strong games look like

From recent public games on this hero: the typical game, and what the best 10% and best 1% of games reached.

StatTypicalTop 10%Top 1%
Gold per minute354444549
XP per minute538749946
Last hits per minute1.73.05.1
Hero damage per minute358546801
Tower damage2,5607,97513,938

Watch and learn

Recent pro games on Shadow Shaman

4–8 in the last 12. Open one for the scoreboard, items and graphs.