How Lifestealer and Oracle perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Oracle win 50.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 764 matches.
Trying to burst down a Lifestealer who has an Oracle on his team can be a frustrating experience. The whole plan for dealing with Lifestealer is to lock him down and kill him before he can heal back up with Feast. But a well-timed False Promise from Oracle can give Lifestealer the few seconds he needs to keep fighting and attacking, often ending the ultimate at full health. Oracle can also use Fortune's End to purge a slow or root, letting Lifestealer close the gap or activate Rage to get on a key target.
The combo isn't a guarantee, though, which keeps its impact measured. The enemy team can focus all their damage on Lifestealer and try to kill him before Oracle can even cast his ultimate. Alternatively, they can identify that the Oracle is the real enabler and simply switch targets to him, since he's much easier to kill. This forces both heroes to play carefully around each other, as Lifestealer being too far forward or Oracle being out of position can make the whole plan fall apart.
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 | 40.72% | 194 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.86% | 723 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.71% | 762 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.49% | 295 |
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 | 50.79% | ▲ +0.8pp | 764 |
| 7.41d | 49.97% | ▼ -1.1pp | 55,287 |
| 7.41c | 51.06% | ▼ -1.5pp | 24,336 |
| 7.41b | 52.58% | — | 28,322 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.