Lich wins 52.7% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 11th highest win rate of 127 heroes: 52.4% in Very High, 52.6% in High and 53.2% in Normal skill games. It is picked in 9.6% of matches, and over the last 10 days its win rate has stayed about the same.
Lich does best in medium-length games (25 to 50 minutes), winning 52.8% of them, against 50.3% in short games (under 25 minutes). Lich is strongest against Batrider, Marci and Treant Protector, and struggles against Bristleback, Lycan and Weaver. The best teammates for Lich are Beastmaster, Batrider and Naga Siren.
From public ranked All Pick matches of the current patch. Updated 13 October 2026. Compare with every other hero in the Dota 2 meta table, or pick against a full enemy draft in the Counter & Synergy Picker.
Advantage (Adv) - The difference between the actual winrate of the heroes and the expected winrate from their base winrates.
Example: Let's take two heroes, Superman, with a general winrate of 53%, and Lex Luthor, with a general winrate of 47%. When they meet on the battlefield they each have a statistical winrate of 50%.
In this case it's obvious that, even if they have the same winrate when they battle, there is some sort of innate statistical advantage that Lex Luthor (average winrate 47% but 50% against Superman) has over Superman (average winrate 53% but 50% against Lex Luthor). There are many theories about why this happens, but the most common one is related to Kryptonite.
Winrate (WR) - The winrate between the two heroes.
Skill level:
Each line in the graph represents the probability that Lich brings an advantage to the total XP of a team
at a certain point in time (the probability to change the inclination of the xp graph).
Lich's team wins the experience race most often early: around minute 10 it gains the experience lead in 53.5% of games. That edge is gone by minute 35 (48.4%), so fights and objectives before then favour its team. Skill changes the timing: the peak is at minute 10 in Very High games and at minute 20 in Normal games.
The chart shows, every 5 minutes and for each skill bracket, the share of games in which Lich's team gains more experience than the enemy team (50% is neutral). All heroes compared: Hero XP Advantage by Minute.
Daily win rate and pick rate of Lich for each skill bracket, overall and in short, medium and long games. All heroes side by side: Hero Win Rate and Pick Rate Trends.
