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Lifestealer + Lycan

How Lifestealer and Lycan perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.

As teammates
Together 51.48%
Win rate when Lifestealer and Lycan are on the same team, over 1,962 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Lycan win 51.48% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,962 matches.

Why this works

Farming the same areas of the map can be a problem, as both Lifestealer and Lycan are greedy cores who need items to function. This can lead to a slow start and delayed timings for the whole team. While the classic Infest on a Shapeshifted Lycan provides a fast and deadly initiation, it's also a highly telegraphed, single-target play. It commits two major ultimates for one kill, and if the enemy has saves or is grouped together, the gank can easily fail. When that happens, your draft is left with two melee right-clickers who can struggle to contribute much else until their cooldowns are back. The strategy is powerful when it works, but inflexible when it doesn't.

Lifestealer + Lycan by rank

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.

RankTeam win rateMatches
Crusader & Archon52.51%259
Legend & Ancient50.65%310
Divine & Immortal58.72%172

Lifestealer + Lycan across patches

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.

PatchTeam win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 51.48%▲ +1.5pp1,962
7.41d 50.00%▼ -1.5pp18,352
7.41c 51.48%▲ +2.5pp10,506
7.41b 48.94%8,308

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Frequently asked questions

Do Lifestealer and Lycan work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Lifestealer and Lycan win 51.48% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (1,962 matches) — above the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Lifestealer + Lycan number?
1,962 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 17, 2026.