How Lifestealer and Monkey King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Monkey King win 47.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 486 matches.
Controlling the map's tempo is difficult with these two cores. Both Monkey King and Lifestealer want to be the star of the show around their big ultimates, but their kits don't mesh well. Lifestealer's best teamfight entry is using Infest on a hero who can deliver him directly onto a key target. Monkey King, however, initiates from the trees and isn't an ideal Infest vehicle. In return, Lifestealer has no stuns or slows to keep enemies from simply walking out of Wukong's Command. This lack of a clean setup means they struggle to win decisive fights and secure objectives together, often leading to a stalled-out game.
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 | 43.78% | 233 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.63% | 504 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.93% | 405 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.06% | 141 |
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 | 47.12% | ▲ +1.4pp | 486 |
| 7.41d | 45.68% | ▲ +0.1pp | 41,398 |
| 7.41c | 45.62% | ▼ -1.5pp | 28,662 |
| 7.41b | 47.07% | — | 37,631 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.