How Dazzle and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dazzle and Lifestealer win 53.62% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,889 matches.
Trying to bring down a Lifestealer can be a difficult task when he's backed up by a Dazzle. Lifestealer is already durable with Rage, but he can be overwhelmed by physical damage. This is where Dazzle comes in. Shallow Grave provides a critical safety window, preventing death and giving Lifestealer more time to land attacks and heal himself back up with Feast. It allows the Lifestealer to play more aggressively, knowing there's a backup plan if his own defenses aren't enough.
In practice, this means Lifestealer can often run at the enemy team or Infest-bomb a target, forcing a response. Dazzle's role is simply to stay positioned well enough to apply his save. This duo's effectiveness is limited by its predictability, however. Smart opponents will learn to anticipate this combo and will either focus Dazzle down first to remove the save, or they'll bait out the Shallow Grave and then retreat, re-engaging after the effect expires to finish off the Lifestealer.
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 | 50.40% | 379 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.32% | 1,193 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.25% | 976 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.28% | 284 |
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 | 53.62% | ▲ +1.4pp | 6,889 |
| 7.41d | 52.26% | ▲ +0.3pp | 71,746 |
| 7.41c | 51.95% | ▼ -0.3pp | 30,778 |
| 7.41b | 52.25% | — | 39,474 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.