How Lifestealer and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Shadow Shaman win 54.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 22,980 matches.
Taking objectives early and often is the core of this pairing's strength. Shadow Shaman's Mass Serpent Ward melts towers, and Lifestealer's physical damage helps secure them fast. The setup for these pushes comes from the ganks. Shaman provides extremely long lockdown with Hex and Shackles, which guarantees that Lifestealer gets to stand still and beat on a key target without being kited. A successful pickoff almost always converts into a tower, snowballing map control for their team.
The game plan involves actively hunting for kills together as soon as Shadow Shaman has his ultimate. Lifestealer using Rage makes it very hard to stop him from finishing a target caught by Shaman's disables. This forces the enemy to group up, giving up space and farm elsewhere on the map. The opponent’s best bet is to focus down the Shadow Shaman before he can cast his spells or to have heroes who can break his Shackles channel from a distance, saving the focused ally and leaving Lifestealer overextended.
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 | 54.49% | 1,202 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.30% | 3,733 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.10% | 3,268 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.65% | 906 |
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 | 54.34% | ▲ +0.8pp | 22,980 |
| 7.41d | 53.57% | ▲ +0.0pp | 220,304 |
| 7.41c | 53.56% | ▼ -0.2pp | 106,403 |
| 7.41b | 53.80% | — | 128,763 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.