How Lifestealer and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Phantom Assassin win 43.85% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 545 matches.
Trying to find enough farm for two hard carries is the main problem here. Both Lifestealer and Phantom Assassin want to occupy the safest parts of the map to hit their item timings, which means they end up competing with each other for resources. This slows both heroes down. Once you get to teamfights, the draft's other weakness shows: you have very little lockdown and your team's damage is almost entirely physical. It becomes too easy for the enemy to build armor or items like Heaven's Halberd to shut both of you down. You're trying to do the same job, and neither has the ideal setup to succeed.
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 | 44.46% | 542 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.98% | 696 |
| Legend & Ancient | 38.70% | 230 |
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 | 43.85% | ▼ -4.0pp | 545 |
| 7.41d | 47.89% | ▼ -1.0pp | 49,511 |
| 7.41c | 48.87% | ▲ +1.1pp | 28,695 |
| 7.41b | 47.73% | — | 30,844 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.