How Lifestealer and Winter Wyvern perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer and Winter Wyvern win 56.00% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 816 matches.
Picking a melee carry who needs to run at the enemy can feel risky, but Winter Wyvern makes it much safer for Lifestealer. After Lifestealer uses Rage to go in, he's often left vulnerable and deep in the fight. A well-timed Cold Embrace completely negates that weakness, making him immune to physical attacks and healing him up so he can keep fighting. Offensively, Winter's Curse is excellent setup. While Lifestealer can't damage the Cursed target, he gets free rein to attack the other enemies who are distracted and clumped up. When the ultimate ends, he's in a perfect position to clean up the primary target who is now isolated and low on health.
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 | 57.79% | 244 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.42% | 736 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.73% | 679 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.37% | 321 |
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 | 56.00% | ▲ +3.4pp | 816 |
| 7.41d | 52.63% | ▼ -0.3pp | 58,570 |
| 7.41c | 52.91% | ▼ -0.8pp | 33,025 |
| 7.41b | 53.76% | — | 35,450 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.