How Anti-Mage and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Anti-Mage and Lifestealer win 47.92% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 18,492 matches.
Competing for farm across the map often slows both heroes down. Anti-Mage and Lifestealer are both greedy cores who want to occupy the safest lanes and jungle camps to accelerate their item progression. This competition can force one of them into dangerous territory, delaying their timings and weakening the team's map presence before they're ready to fight. When they do group up, they offer similar single-target physical damage but lack the lockdown or area control to enable each other. Lifestealer's Rage provides a magic immunity that is somewhat redundant on a team with Anti-Mage's Counterspell, leaving the draft with overlapping tools instead of a well-rounded kit.
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 | 44.06% | 261 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.09% | 653 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.68% | 407 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 47.92% | ▼ -0.3pp | 18,492 |
| 7.41e | 48.17% | ▲ +0.3pp | 50,399 |
| 7.41d | 47.90% | ▲ +1.1pp | 46,848 |
| 7.41c | 46.83% | — | 22,279 |
Move this data into a draft
Both heroes start on Radiant. Fill the remaining slots to test this pairing inside a complete draft and get next-pick recommendations.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.