Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer wins the Lifestealer vs Warlock matchup: Lifestealer beats Warlock in 51.79% of 1,116 ranked matches.
Picking Warlock into a Lifestealer means your team must play around one major cooldown. For the most part, Lifestealer ignores what Warlock wants to do. Rage shrugs off Fatal Bonds and lets him walk right through Upheaval to reach his target, often Warlock himself. This makes laning and mid-game skirmishes feel very one-sided. The whole dynamic shifts around Chaotic Offering, however. Because the initial stun from the golem pierces magic immunity, it's often the only reliable tool to stop a Raging Lifestealer from running through the team. If Lifestealer can play around that ultimate or simply kill Warlock before he can cast it, the fights become much easier.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lifestealer's win rate against Warlock 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 | 47.74% | 442 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.53% | 1,266 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.46% | 962 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.36% | 253 |
Lifestealer's win rate against Warlock 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 | 51.79% | ▼ -0.9pp | 1,116 |
| 7.41d | 52.73% | ▲ +1.1pp | 86,482 |
| 7.41c | 51.64% | ▼ -1.0pp | 48,683 |
| 7.41b | 52.59% | — | 63,864 |
Move this data into a draft
Lifestealer starts on Radiant and Warlock on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.