How Lifestealer and Tusk perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Tusk win 49.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 857 matches.
Setting up a gank with the Infest-Snowball combination is the whole point of this pairing. Tusk provides a reliable delivery system, rolling in and stunning a target for Lifestealer to pop out of and start hitting. It’s a classic way to guarantee Lifestealer gets on top of an evasive hero without them being able to react. The problem is that it's very predictable. Experienced opponents will play safer, spread out in fights, and hold save items specifically for this one play. If the initial burst from Lifestealer and Tusk doesn't secure a kill, both heroes have committed their key abilities and can be easily turned on, making the entire plan fall apart.
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 | 41.51% | 212 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.80% | 743 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.77% | 974 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.02% | 447 |
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 | 49.82% | ▲ +0.2pp | 857 |
| 7.41d | 49.63% | ▼ -0.7pp | 60,281 |
| 7.41c | 50.31% | ▲ +0.2pp | 36,542 |
| 7.41b | 50.12% | — | 46,154 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.