How Lifestealer and Terrorblade perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Terrorblade win 47.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 113 matches.
The idea of having two massive late-game damage dealers sounds strong, but in practice, it cripples your team's early game. Both Lifestealer and Terrorblade are exceptionally greedy carries who need to occupy the safest farm on the map. They end up splitting resources and slowing each other down, making it easy for the enemy to punish the rest of your team. While an Infest into a Metamorphosis form is an option, it doesn't solve the core issue: the team lacks catch, control, and mid-game pressure. By the time Lifestealer and Terrorblade have their items, the game is often too far gone to recover.
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 | 41.58% | 101 |
| Crusader & Archon | 39.74% | 156 |
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 | 47.79% | ▲ +2.9pp | 113 |
| 7.41d | 44.86% | ▲ +0.6pp | 12,647 |
| 7.41c | 44.31% | ▲ +0.9pp | 8,612 |
| 7.41b | 43.43% | — | 9,541 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.