The stored matchup model favours Queen of Pain over Shadow Shaman by +2.4%. This is not a measured win rate; compare recorded patch results below.
Queen of Pain vs Shadow Shaman: game-time comparison
These positions don't share a lane; compare teamfight interaction instead. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.
Role impact
Separate lanes — this is a rotation & teamfight matchup.
Neither hero's lane record establishes a direct laning advantage over the other. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.
Queen of Pain · Mid
Usual role
Item priorities · 20:00
Linken's Sphere
Role priority · 18–28 min
Why against Shadow Shaman
Eats the one spell that starts every fight against your core.
Lotus Orb
Situational / another teammate may buy · 18–28 min
Why against Shadow Shaman
Reflects their single-target opener back on the caster.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
Lane skill & item build
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Shadow Shaman · Hard support
Usual role
Item priorities · 20:00
Glimmer Cape / Force Staff
Role priority · 10–20 min
Why against Queen of Pain
Keeps your supports and mid alive through the burst they are drafted to delete you with.
Orchid / Scythe of Vyse
Situational / another teammate may buy · 15–27 min
Why against Queen of Pain
Locks down a hero that otherwise cannot be caught, turning their tempo into your kills.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
Lane skill & item build
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Queen of Pain
Shadow Shaman
20:00Mid game
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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.
Eventual win rate
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0 hero games · 0 vs Shadow Shaman · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
Counter-item windows
Linken's Sphere
18–28 min · In window
Against Shadow Shaman
Eats the one spell that starts every fight against your core.
Lotus Orb
18–28 min · In window
Against Shadow Shaman
Reflects their single-target opener back on the caster.
Eventual win rate
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Opposing-pair wins
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Avg net worth
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Avg total XP
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0 hero games · 0 vs Queen of Pain · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
Counter-item windows
Glimmer Cape / Force Staff
10–20 min · In window
Against Queen of Pain
Keeps your supports and mid alive through the burst they are drafted to delete you with.
Orchid / Scythe of Vyse
15–27 min · In window
Against Queen of Pain
Locks down a hero that otherwise cannot be caught, turning their tempo into your kills.
Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.
Sources & sample limits
OpenDota parsed pro telemetry; missing observations stay blank.
STRATZ net-worth histories use up to 12 recent games per hero, with their own sample count. Unavailable histories stay blank; earned gold is separate.
Items use recorded purchase times plus final inventories; earlier sold items and exact six-slot histories are not reconstructed.
Counter-item windows are mechanical guidance, not measured item-driven win-rate changes.
Public results use dated OpenDota public matches; longer games are a different cohort.
Lane meeting & late-game evidence
Queen of Pain position 2; Shadow Shaman position 5.
Direct lane evidence is not applicable to these selected positions.
For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.
Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.