How Lifestealer and Slardar perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Slardar win 51.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,293 matches.
A target marked by Corrosive Haze is a perfect meal for Lifestealer. The massive armor reduction from Slardar means every one of Lifestealer's physical attacks hits incredibly hard. Slardar's own stun from Slithereen Crush provides the initial lockdown to guarantee Lifestealer can connect and start swinging. For an even more reliable initiation, Lifestealer can Infest Slardar, who uses Guardian Sprint to run down a victim. This delivery system ensures their single-target burst is almost always successful.
This kill pressure starts as soon as Slardar gets his ultimate and never really stops. The pair can hunt for isolated heroes all over the map, securing objectives off the back of successful pickoffs. Lifestealer's farm accelerates dramatically, allowing him to snowball into the mid-game. The opposing team is forced into a defensive posture, needing items like Ghost Scepters or Force Staffs to have any hope of surviving the initial charge. If the enemy can't split Slardar and Lifestealer up or get a jump on one of them first, they'll often get run over.
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 | 51.38% | 399 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.37% | 1,242 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.73% | 1,228 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.62% | 420 |
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 | 51.35% | ▼ -0.7pp | 1,293 |
| 7.41d | 52.05% | ▼ -1.6pp | 93,768 |
| 7.41c | 53.60% | ▼ -0.5pp | 59,982 |
| 7.41b | 54.06% | — | 67,784 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.