Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer wins the Lifestealer vs Lone Druid matchup: Lifestealer beats Lone Druid in 56.47% of 425 ranked matches.
Fighting against a Lone Druid presents a tough choice for Lifestealer. Both the Spirit Bear and the hero in True Form are high-health targets that are perfect for Feast to shred through. However, Lone Druid is built to keep enemies at a distance. Lifestealer can use Rage to ignore the Spirit Bear's lockdown and run at the main hero, but the bear is still a significant source of physical damage that punches right through the magic immunity. This means even during his best window, Lifestealer is taking damage from two separate sources, making it hard to secure a clean kill.
The outcome of their fights often depends entirely on positioning and timing. A smart Lone Druid will use his Spirit Bear to body block and harass, kiting Lifestealer while the main hero attacks from safety. If Lifestealer is forced to hit the bear, the real hero is usually free to win the exchange. Conversely, if Lifestealer can use a good Infest bomb or a Blink Dagger to get on top of the real Lone Druid, he can often tear through him before the bear can save him. It’s a constant battle of gap-close versus kiting where neither hero has a built-in advantage.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lifestealer's win rate against Lone Druid 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 | Lifestealer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 51.91% | 131 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.34% | 356 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.10% | 379 |
| Divine & Immortal | 59.43% | 175 |
Lifestealer's win rate against Lone Druid in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Lifestealer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 56.47% | ▲ +3.7pp | 425 |
| 7.41d | 52.77% | ▲ +0.6pp | 31,058 |
| 7.41c | 52.21% | ▲ +3.1pp | 28,394 |
| 7.41b | 49.12% | — | 52,180 |
Move this data into a draft
Lifestealer starts on Radiant and Lone Druid on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.