How Bane and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Bane and Lifestealer win 50.00% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 674 matches.
Getting jumped by this pair feels awful. Bane can be walking forward, seemingly alone, baiting an overextension. The moment you commit, Lifestealer bursts out of Infest and the fight has turned against you. Bane can then use Fiend's Grip on your most important core, and Lifestealer has free rein to attack them during the channel without interruption. This setup is simple but effective at any stage of the game. Even outside of that specific combo, Enfeeble softens a target by reducing their right-click damage, making it much easier for Lifestealer to win a direct man-fight. It's a very straightforward way to secure pickoffs.
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 | 45.77% | 201 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.55% | 620 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.31% | 612 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.81% | 310 |
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 | 50.00% | ▼ -2.2pp | 674 |
| 7.41d | 52.25% | ▲ +1.3pp | 49,913 |
| 7.41c | 50.92% | ▼ -0.7pp | 20,476 |
| 7.41b | 51.62% | — | 21,409 |
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 Aug 11, 2026.