How Enigma and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Enigma and Lifestealer win 53.87% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 646 matches.
Thinking this duo is all about damage on a Black Hole misses the point. The main play is for Lifestealer to use Infest on Enigma before a fight. This makes Enigma a tankier, more threatening initiator. When Enigma blinks in to start his channel, Lifestealer can pop out with Rage active. Having a magic immune body right in the middle of the fight can disrupt enemies trying to cancel the ultimate. It's less about a wombo-combo and more about giving Enigma a small buffer to help secure his channeling.
This gives their team a useful initiation pattern for mid-game fights, especially after Enigma secures a Blink Dagger. Opponents have to respect the possibility of the Infest-bomb, which can force them to position more carefully or save specific stuns that go through magic immunity. If the enemy team has those answers or can catch Lifestealer out of position before he gets inside Enigma, the advantage fades. It's a specific tool that works well in some games, but isn't an automatic fight-winner.
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 | 49.31% | 217 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.14% | 584 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.30% | 492 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.21% | 214 |
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 | 53.87% | ▲ +1.1pp | 646 |
| 7.41d | 52.74% | ▲ +0.8pp | 45,514 |
| 7.41c | 51.90% | ▼ -0.1pp | 21,856 |
| 7.41b | 52.00% | — | 25,091 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.