Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer wins the Lifestealer vs Oracle matchup: Lifestealer beats Oracle in 52.25% of 5,663 ranked matches.
Getting rooted by Fortune's End isn't a major threat to Lifestealer. His Rage provides a basic dispel, instantly freeing him to continue chasing his target. This self-sufficiency is a big deal, as it means he doesn't have to rely on a support item or spell to shrug off Oracle's primary forms of control. Lifestealer can simply activate Rage to ignore Oracle's setup and stay on whoever he is trying to kill, forcing Oracle into a purely defensive position without his usual lockdown tools.
The matchup is only slightly favored because Oracle's ultimate, False Promise, is the great equalizer. Even if Lifestealer dispels everything and commits to a kill, Oracle can still use his ultimate to save the target, buying enough time for his team to react. This creates a standoff. Lifestealer wants to bait out the ultimate before using Rage, while Oracle wants to force Rage first so his team can kite Lifestealer after the immunity wears off. The fight often comes down to whose cooldown gets forced first.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lifestealer's win rate against Oracle 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 | 47.93% | 217 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.51% | 862 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.49% | 905 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.77% | 358 |
Lifestealer's win rate against Oracle 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 | 52.25% | ▲ +0.1pp | 5,663 |
| 7.41d | 52.13% | ▲ +0.9pp | 57,932 |
| 7.41c | 51.18% | ▲ +0.3pp | 22,362 |
| 7.41b | 50.89% | — | 26,716 |
Move this data into a draft
Lifestealer starts on Radiant and Oracle on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.