How Lich and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lich and Lifestealer win 55.21% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,005 matches.
Fighting into a Lifestealer with Frost Shield on him can feel hopeless. He’s already immune to magic with Rage, and Lich's shield adds a strong layer of physical damage reduction on top of a constant slow to anyone nearby. This lets Lifestealer stick to key targets and survive for a long time, building up his lifesteal in the middle of the fight. Lich provides everything Lifestealer wants: a durable defensive buff, slows to keep targets from kiting him, and a setup for kills with Sinister Gaze. If the enemy team clumps up to try and burst him, that’s the ideal moment for Chain Frost to bounce and clean up.
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 | 52.20% | 500 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.13% | 1,823 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.60% | 1,871 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.19% | 644 |
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 | 55.21% | ▼ -0.0pp | 2,005 |
| 7.41d | 55.24% | ▲ +0.6pp | 144,323 |
| 7.41c | 54.64% | ▲ +0.5pp | 84,416 |
| 7.41b | 54.15% | — | 96,609 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.