How Lich and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lich and Vengeful Spirit win 56.10% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 13,181 matches.
Setting up kills feels incredibly reliable with this pair. Vengeful Spirit can lead with Magic Missile for a guaranteed stun, giving Lich a perfect window to land Frost Blast and apply his Frost Shield. A target hit by this combo is stunned and then heavily slowed, making them an easy target for right-clicks. Those attacks are amplified by both Wave of Terror's armor reduction and the bonus damage from Vengeance Aura. An enemy caught by the initial stun has almost no chance of getting away without outside help, creating huge pressure from the earliest levels.
This lane dominance often translates into a strong mid-game. The duo can roam together to find pickoffs, using the same lockdown chain to secure kills across the map. In teamfights, Vengeful Spirit’s Nether Swap can isolate a key enemy right on top of their teammates, creating the perfect setup for Lich's Chain Frost to bounce and clean up. Opponents are forced to play spread out to avoid the ultimate, which in turn makes them more vulnerable to getting caught by a Swap. Their only real option is to try and burst one of the two down before the full combo gets off.
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 | 57.72% | 570 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.79% | 1,732 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.48% | 1,832 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.37% | 590 |
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 | 56.10% | ▲ +0.6pp | 13,181 |
| 7.41d | 55.50% | ▲ +1.5pp | 141,012 |
| 7.41c | 54.01% | ▲ +0.9pp | 40,098 |
| 7.41b | 53.11% | — | 36,188 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.