How Dark Seer and Lich perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Lich win 52.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,021 matches.
Thinking about the big Vacuum into Chain Frost combo is common, but it's less reliable than it looks. The pull from Dark Seer is quick, and enemies can often reposition or react before Lich's ultimate gets enough bounces to be decisive. Outside of that one moment, their abilities don't have much natural overlap. Frost Shield is a great defensive spell, but Dark Seer is rarely the hero who wants to be in the middle of the enemy team taking hits, making him a secondary target for it. They can certainly win a fight if the timing is perfect, but often they feel like they are executing separate game plans, leading to an inconsistent performance.
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 | 44.87% | 156 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.75% | 455 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.39% | 592 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.01% | 287 |
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 | 52.77% | ▲ +1.0pp | 4,021 |
| 7.41d | 51.72% | ▲ +0.6pp | 38,158 |
| 7.41c | 51.09% | ▲ +0.7pp | 13,827 |
| 7.41b | 50.39% | — | 12,189 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.