How Lifestealer and Tidehunter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Tidehunter win 50.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,481 matches.
Fighting into a Tidehunter who has Lifestealer hiding inside him is a classic nightmare scenario. Tidehunter finds his initiation, lands a big Ravage, and suddenly a full-health Lifestealer is hitting your stunned team with Rage active. There's very little that can be done to stop this initial explosion of control and magic-immune damage. Even if the enemy survives, they still have to deal with Tidehunter himself, whose Anchor Smash reduces their physical damage output, making it even harder to fight back against Lifestealer.
This pairing creates a huge mid-game timing that can take over the map. Once Tidehunter has a Blink Dagger, the two can hunt for kills or force favorable teamfights almost anywhere. This frees up Lifestealer to focus on damage items instead of his own mobility or survivability. The opponent is stuck trying to burst down one of the tankiest heroes in the game before he can press his buttons, or they have to spread out and surrender map control to avoid the combo.
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 | 44.78% | 364 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.39% | 1,364 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.63% | 1,318 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.36% | 482 |
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 | 50.78% | ▼ -2.0pp | 1,481 |
| 7.41d | 52.78% | ▲ +0.0pp | 100,265 |
| 7.41c | 52.76% | ▼ -1.8pp | 65,560 |
| 7.41b | 54.58% | — | 95,679 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.