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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 Branch125×
Tango94×
Blood Grenade85×
Observer and Sentry Wards80×
Faerie Fire58×
Sentry Ward56×
Early game
Boots of Speed86×
Tranquil Boots13×
Arcane Boots9×
Void Stone2×
Mid game
Blink Dagger61×- Arcane Boots53×
Aether Lens22×
Staff of Wizardry11×
Aghanim's Shard8×
Ogre Axe6×
Late game
- Aether Lens21×
Force Staff18×
Black King Bar18×
Glimmer Cape18×- Blink Dagger17×
Eul'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
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.
| Stat | Typical | Top 10% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold per minute | 352 | 442 | 552 |
| XP per minute | 536 | 754 | 943 |
| Last hits per minute | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5.2 |
| Hero damage per minute | 357 | 548 | 778 |
| Tower damage | 2,269 | 7,824 | 13,709 |
Watch and learn
Recent pro games on Shadow Shaman
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