Shepherd of the Dark Diene

About Shepherd of the Dark Diene

Shepherd of the Dark Diene draws the highest postban rate in the pool, 1st of 133, far above what a heavily picked hero usually faces. She also carries a preban rate well above the pool median, so opponents look to remove her before the draft even begins. Between the two stages, few heroes in the field face this much organized pressure to leave the draft with her already gone.

Volume that does not cost the result

She is also picked well above the pool median rather than in only a handful of games, and her win rate still ranks 2nd of 133 across the whole field. Most heroes who are picked this often see their win rate settle back toward the pool average as the sample grows. Hers has not moved down, even at a scale where a genuine outlier would normally regress.

One hard counter, a wide circle of partners

Her hardest matchup, Belian, sits well clear of every other counter on her card, so most of her downside is concentrated in one hero rather than spread across the roster. Her synergy list runs the opposite way, with every one of her ten strongest partners returning a positive result, led by Aube and Sea Phantom Politis. The hard side of her card is narrow, and the supportive side is unusually broad.