Shadow Fiend counters and build in Dota 2

Keeper of the Light (+4.4%), Underlord (+4.0%), and Phantom Lancer (+3.8%) are the strongest against Shadow Fiend — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Shadow Fiend does best against Io (+4.5%), Meepo (+4.4%), and Chen (+4.4%).

The best partners for Shadow Fiend are Night Stalker (+3.5%), Primal Beast (+3.1%), and Kunkka (+3.0%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

“Position 2: Mid Lane”: players usually start with Tango, Iron Branch ×2, Faerie Fire, Enchanted Mango, and Observer Ward, pick Boots of Travel for boots, then build Yasha and Kaya (14 min), Blink Dagger (15 min), Black King Bar (24 min), and Aghanim's Scepter (27 min). Less often it is built for physical damage: Dragon Lance (21 min) and Crystalys (26 min).

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage” (73%), at level 15 — “+1.5 Presence Armor Reduction” (100%), at level 20 — “+5 Necromastery Max Souls” (64%), and at level 25 — “Shadowraze Applies Attack Damage” (51%).

Shadow Fiend is played most often as “Position 2: Mid Lane” — 67% of its matches. Less often: Position 1: Safe Lane (28%).