Shadow Fiend isn't as good as he used to be prior to 6.86, however i feel like he is still a strong mid hero and can scale well into late due to his ability to flash farm incredibly fast compared to most heroes, which he can use to quickly gather souls to get kills, and gold to farm core items faster than the enemy team. Shadow Fiend isn't my go to mid, Invoker is, but he was banned unfortunately, and i thought that SF was the best possible mid pick for the enemy teams lineup, was i right?.