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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

Abilities

patch 7.41f · Valve
Rage

Rage

без цели, мгновенная

Launch into a maddened rage, becoming Debuff Immune, increasing magic resistance and gaining movement speed. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Pros max it by level 10

Open Wounds

Open Wounds

на цель

Lifestealer 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

Feast

пассивная

Lifestealer'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

Ghoul Frenzy

пассивная · innate

Passively grants Lifestealer Attack Speed.

Infest

Infest

на цель

Lifestealer 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 Scepter

Upgrades Infest.

Increases cast range and reduces cooldown to ?s. Infest may target enemy heroes for a short duration, attacking them from the inside while increasing Lifestealer's regeneration rate.

Aghanim's Shard

Upgrades Infest.

Consuming a creep with Infest drenches enemies in blood which deals damage over time based on the host's remaining health.

Talents

+1% Feast Heal and DamageLvl 25+1s Rage Duration
+12% Infest Target Movespeed/HealthLvl 20+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal
+175 Infest DamageLvl 1550 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target
+4 All AttributesLvl 10+15 Movement Speed
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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