How Anti-Mage and Lich perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Lich win 52.85% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,826 matches.
You might think this lane has no kill pressure, and you'd often be right. The partnership isn't about aggression; it's about security. Lich provides a safe environment that's perfect for a greedy core like Anti-Mage. Trying to gank the lane is frustrating when Frost Shield adds armor and slows attackers, giving Anti-Mage an easy window to Blink away. If an enemy overextends, Sinister Gaze can pull them under the tower or simply hold them still. This reliable protection helps Anti-Mage hit his item timings. Later, a big Chain Frost can create enough chaos in a teamfight for a farmed Anti-Mage to find his targets and clean up.
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 | 51.11% | 812 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.89% | 1,987 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.71% | 1,523 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.32% | 440 |
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 | 52.85% | ▼ -0.5pp | 1,826 |
| 7.41d | 53.34% | ▲ +1.0pp | 171,968 |
| 7.41c | 52.33% | ▲ +0.4pp | 89,516 |
| 7.41b | 51.88% | — | 85,721 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.