How Lifestealer and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Nyx Assassin win 54.22% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,149 matches.
Seeing a lone Nyx Assassin on the map can look like a tempting gank, but it's often a trap. When Lifestealer uses Infest on an allied Nyx, the pair becomes a potent assassination tool. Nyx can use Vendetta to sneak up on a target completely undetected, initiate with his stun, and then Lifestealer bursts out to add immediate damage and slows. The victim has almost no time to react before two heroes are on top of them, turning what looked like a safe farming spot into a guaranteed death.
This combination comes online early, allowing Nyx Assassin and Lifestealer to hunt the map for kills and create a lead. The threat forces the enemy team to play defensively, burning gold on detection and grouping up sooner than they want to, which starves them of resources. If they fail to respect the gank potential, the duo can easily snowball the game by repeatedly picking off isolated heroes, ensuring Lifestealer gets the farm he needs to carry later on.
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 | 52.26% | 310 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.02% | 1,019 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.34% | 1,068 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.61% | 437 |
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 | 54.22% | ▼ -0.6pp | 1,149 |
| 7.41d | 54.82% | ▲ +0.1pp | 87,796 |
| 7.41c | 54.69% | ▲ +0.3pp | 42,689 |
| 7.41b | 54.42% | — | 49,710 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.