Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer wins the Dark Seer vs Lifestealer matchup: Lifestealer beats Dark Seer in 52.14% of 4,187 ranked matches.
It might seem like Dark Seer’s area denial would shut down a melee carry, but the dynamic isn’t that simple. Lifestealer can activate Rage to completely ignore the damage from Ion Shell and shrug off a Vacuum combo, letting him close the distance and stick to a target. This nullifies Dark Seer's main tools for controlling a fight and protecting his own allies. While a well-placed Wall of Replica can create a powerful Lifestealer illusion that causes serious problems for his own team, Lifestealer himself has a clean window to operate while magic immune. This ability to bypass Dark Seer’s disruption at a key moment often gives him the opening he needs.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Seer's win rate against Lifestealer in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Dark Seer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 46.88% | 192 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.91% | 541 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.42% | 579 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.42% | 317 |
Dark Seer's win rate against Lifestealer in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dark Seer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.86% | ▲ +0.5pp | 4,187 |
| 7.41d | 47.33% | ▼ -1.2pp | 37,441 |
| 7.41c | 48.58% | ▼ -0.7pp | 13,341 |
| 7.41b | 49.28% | — | 14,287 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Seer starts on Radiant and Lifestealer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.