Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Lifestealer wins the Lifestealer vs Tinker matchup: Lifestealer beats Tinker in 55.32% of 32,013 ranked matches.
Trying to burst down Lifestealer usually fails completely. Tinker relies on Laser's blind and a constant barrage of magical damage to control enemies from a safe distance. Lifestealer's Rage makes him immune to all of it. He can walk through Tinker's spells, ignore the Laser's miss chance, and close the distance without being kited. Once Lifestealer gets on top of a fragile hero like Tinker, there is very little that can be done to get him off before his target is dead.
This dynamic forces Tinker to play an incredibly reactive and fearful game. Instead of setting the tempo by pushing out lanes, he is constantly at risk of getting jumped by a Lifestealer using Infest on a ganking ally or a simple Blink Dagger. This pressure starts early and forces Tinker to buy defensive items that slow down his own impact. Lifestealer is excellent at isolating a key target and ignoring the rest of the team's peel, often securing the kill on Tinker before Rage even ends.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lifestealer's win rate against Tinker 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 | 58.93% | 280 |
| Crusader & Archon | 62.69% | 1,158 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.52% | 1,408 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.20% | 457 |
Lifestealer's win rate against Tinker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 55.32% | ▼ -1.1pp | 32,013 |
| 7.41e | 56.40% | ▲ +0.4pp | 104,094 |
| 7.41d | 56.04% | ▲ +0.7pp | 72,265 |
| 7.41c | 55.38% | — | 32,896 |
Move this data into a draft
Lifestealer starts on Radiant and Tinker on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.