Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Vengeful Spirit wins the Lifestealer vs Vengeful Spirit matchup: Vengeful Spirit beats Lifestealer in 51.56% of 2,312 ranked matches.
Trying to focus down a hero near Vengeful Spirit is often a trade. Lifestealer can activate Rage to ignore her Magic Missile and keep running, but Nether Swap is the perfect tool to save his target or put him completely out of position. Even if Lifestealer connects, Wave of Terror shreds his armor and makes him surprisingly easy for other cores to bring down. The fight often hinges on whether Swap is on cooldown when Lifestealer decides to go in. We haven't seen this matchup much ourselves lately, so be ready for anything.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lifestealer's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | 46.22% | 675 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.13% | 2,172 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.55% | 2,241 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.25% | 726 |
Lifestealer's win rate against Vengeful Spirit 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 | 48.44% | ▼ -0.0pp | 2,312 |
| 7.41d | 48.45% | ▼ -0.9pp | 158,588 |
| 7.41c | 49.36% | ▼ -0.6pp | 54,032 |
| 7.41b | 49.93% | — | 59,628 |
Move this data into a draft
Lifestealer starts on Radiant and Vengeful Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.