How Brewmaster and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Brewmaster and Lifestealer win 52.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,197 matches.
Hiding inside one of Brewmaster’s Primal Split spirits gives Lifestealer an excellent way to reposition or get a surprise jump on the back line. Once he's out, however, the coordination can get messy. Brewmaster’s ultimate is about creating chaos and disrupting multiple enemies with things like Cyclone, which can make it difficult for Lifestealer to stick to one target during Rage. He wants a target locked down, not tossed in the air or stunned randomly by a spirit he isn't focused on. While Lifestealer can benefit from the general mayhem Brewmaster creates, their core abilities don't directly set each other up for success, resulting in a pairing that feels largely neutral.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 54.15% | 229 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.93% | 356 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.50% | 160 |
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 | 52.80% | ▲ +0.8pp | 2,197 |
| 7.41d | 51.98% | ▲ +2.3pp | 20,169 |
| 7.41c | 49.68% | ▲ +0.3pp | 10,356 |
| 7.41b | 49.43% | — | 12,584 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.