Rage
без цели, мгновеннаяLaunch into a maddened rage, becoming Debuff Immune, increasing magic resistance and gaining movement speed. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Pros max it by level 10
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Lifestealer
Lifestealer: Melee, position 1 (carry), Durable, Escape, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 51.3% win rate in pubs and a 13.2% pick rate.
Should Lifestealer get close to his prey, there is little that can save them. Travelling within a creep or an allied hero, once he nears a foe he explodes from his host body, surprising enemies and tearing into them with his claws.
Meleeposition 1 (carry)DurableEscapeDisabler
51.3%Win rate · all pubs
13.2%picked in 1 of 8 games
50.3%Turbo · 184,466 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Lifestealer
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
6′
6′Core
15′
15′
16′
15′15′16′Core items in order: Talisman of Evasion (around minute 15), Magic Wand (around minute 15), Radiance (around minute 16).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+15 Movement Speed1650 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target18+12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health
Max Feast, then Rage, then Open Wounds.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Enigma, Meepo and Visage; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Centaur Warrunner and Muerta.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
636average734good831great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 636 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 831.
5Common mistakes by role
Late key itemsGreedy death while farmingIdle at baseFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Lifestealer match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the carry role
- Late key itemsCore items came 6 or more minutes later than pros get them on this hero.
- Greedy death while farmingDied because you stayed for a couple more creeps after two enemies went missing.
- Idle at baseSpent a quarter of a five-minute stretch at base without buying anything.
- Courier lost with itemsThe enemy killed a courier carrying you 500+ gold in items.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Lifestealer game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Lifestealer benchmark: 636 GPM for an average player, 734 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Talisman of Evasion by minute 15, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′Starting
6′98%15′29%15′32%
16′95%
21′72%
24′24%
25′62%
31′45%
40′27%
6′98%15′29%15′32%16′95%21′72%24′24%25′62%31′45%40′27%Skill build
23% of 93 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+15 Movement Speed
- Lvl 1650 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target
- Lvl 18+12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health
Open Wounds
на цельLifestealer rends an enemy unit, slowing the victim's movement speed and allowing all allies to regain health for a percentage of the damage they deal to that unit. The victim recovers movement speed over the duration.
Pros max it by level 15
Feast
пассивнаяLifestealer's attacks deal damage and provide heal for a percentage of his target's max health. He gains permanent max HP whenever he kills a unit.
Pros max it by level 7
Ghoul Frenzy
пассивная · innatePassively grants Lifestealer Attack Speed.
Infest
на цельLifestealer infests the body of a target unit, becoming undetectable, and healing for a portion of his max hitpoints every second while inside. He can then explode from the host body, dealing damage to nearby enemies. If the infested unit is an enemy creep or a neutral creep, he can take control of the unit's ability to move and attack, and the creep loses a portion of their max hitpoints over time. Does not work on enemy heroes. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Infest.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Infest.
+1% Feast Heal and Damage25+1s Rage Duration
+12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health20+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal
+175 Infest Damage1550 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target
+4 All Attributes10+15 Movement Speed
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Lifestealer: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 636good 734great 831
Experience per minute
average 825good 1,046great 1,254
Last hits per minute
average 8.7good 10.1great 11.4
Hero damage per minute
average 630good 921great 1,222
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Legend (51.7% wins) and wins 50.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 98% of games. Pros usually build Talisman of Evasion, Magic Wand and Radiance by minute 16. It struggles most against Enigma, Meepo and Visage and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Centaur Warrunner and Muerta.