How Alchemist and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Lifestealer win 46.91% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,769 matches.
Picking these two together is a bet on surviving the early game. The plan revolves around Alchemist using Greevil's Greed to farm an Aghanim's Scepter for Lifestealer. This scepter significantly improves Infest, turning it into an area-of-effect heal and damage source on a lower cooldown. The classic execution sees Lifestealer Infest a Chemical Raged Alchemist, who then sprints into the enemy formation. This provides a very safe and fast delivery mechanism for Lifestealer to pop out with Rage and start hitting targets.
The entire strategy hinges on creating enough space for two greedy cores. Opponents will recognize this and apply heavy pressure during the laning stage to shut down both Alchemist and Lifestealer before they can get rolling. If your team can successfully defend and secure farm, Lifestealer gets a free item that provides a considerable mid-game power spike. If the enemy successfully punishes your lineup's greed, the game is often over before this synergy can even come into play.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 43.73% | 263 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.41% | 687 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.35% | 561 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.36% | 122 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.91% | ▼ -1.7pp | 3,769 |
| 7.41d | 48.60% | ▲ +0.1pp | 48,502 |
| 7.41c | 48.49% | ▼ -3.5pp | 40,381 |
| 7.41b | 51.96% | — | 66,963 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.