Chases down low health enemies with increased speed
Bloodseeker forces difficult decisions on his enemies. Able to drive his foes to a retreat by bathing a large area with a damaging ritual, his gruesome ultimate asks his opponents to hold still, or die.
Win Rate 51.4%
Pick Rate 3.4%
Attributes
648 +59.4/lvl
279 +24.0/lvl
24 +2.7/lvl
24 +3.1/lvl
17 +2.0/lvl
Stats
Damage:
59 - 65 + 3.1/level (162 - 168 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
6.0 + 0.5/level (23.3 at level 30)
Movement:
285
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Arterial Spray
Win Rate: 51.7%
Pick Rate: 91.8%
Ruptured units are pushed when attacked by Bloodseeker.
Bloodrush
Win Rate: 47.9%
Pick Rate: 8.2%
Bloodseeker can supercharge the movement speed from Thirst temporarily.
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: Breakable
Bloodseeker restores some life when he kills a unit, equal to 1.5% of the units max health per Bloodseeker's Level plus a base of %base_heal%.
Restores for half values if an ally kills a nearby enemy hero.
Creeps lifesteal is reduced by 40%.
HALF HEAL RADIUS: 300
MAX HP HEAL: %
Aghanim's Scepter
MAX HP HEAL: %
PATCH 7.38
Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Passively turns all Bloodseeker's overheal from his own abilities into an all damage barrier up to 50% of Bloodseeker's max health. Barrier amount decays by 1.5% per second
Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Bloodseeker gains 30% lifesteal from all Pure damage dealt
Bloodrage
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Pure
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
Drives Bloodseeker into a bloodthirsty rage which causes him to attack faster and deal more spell damage at the cost of a percentage of his health per second. Provides half attack speed to allied heroes.
Damage dealt to Bloodseeker or allies is non-lethal and can never kill a hero.
DURATION: 8
ATTACK SPEED: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150
SPELL AMPLIFICATION: 15% / 20% / 25% / 30%
MAX HEALTH DAMAGE PER SECOND: 1.4%
14 / 12 / 10 / 8
800
Aghanim's Scepter
Bloodrage attacks now deal %max_health_dmg_pct%% of the target's max health as Pure damage.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -0.7% Bloodrage Max Health Damage Per Second
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +15% Bloodrage Spell Amplification
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +25 Bloodrage Attack Speed
PATCH 7.38
No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Attacks under effect of Bloodrage deal 3% of the target's max health as pure damage
Strygwyr shares his animalistic thirst for bloodshed.
Blood Rite
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Pure
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Bloodseeker baptizes an area in sacred blood. After 2.9 seconds the ritual completes, causing any enemies caught in the area to take damage and become silenced.
Total time is a 2.6 second delay plus a %abilitycastpoint% second cast time.
RITUAL AREA: 600
SILENCE DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
DAMAGE: 90 / 145 / 200 / 255
15 / 14 / 13 / 12
90 / 100 / 110 / 120
1500
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +100 Blood Rite Damage
PATCH 7.38
Damage type changed from Magical to Pure
Damage decreased from 115/190/265/340 to 90/145/200/255
The Flayed Twins are ever willing to aid those who spill blood upon the field of battle.
Thirst
ABILITY: Passive
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: Breakable
Bloodseeker is invigorated by the wounds of his enemies, gaining bonus movement speed when an enemy hero's health falls below 100%, with the bonuses increasing as their health falls further. If an enemy hero's health falls below %invis_threshold_pct%%, he will also gain vision and True Sight of that hero. Bonuses stack per hero. Unlocks max movement speed for Bloodseeker.
Not triggered by Illusions.
Max movement speed bonus occurs when an enemy's health is at or below 25%.
Effects linger for 4 seconds if a target dies.
THIRST HEALTH THRESHOLD: 100%
MAX THIRST MOVE SPEED: 10% / 20% / 30% / 40%
ACTIVE BONUS MOVE SPEED: 0%
ACTIVE DURATION: 0
VISIBILITY HEALTH THRESHOLD: 25%
15
FACET: Bloodrush
Can be activated to grant bonus movement speed and 2x Sanguivore heal bonus for a short duration. While on cooldown, passive Thirst move speed is reduced by 50% . Cannot be cast when all enemy heroes are at full health.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +18% Max Thirst MS
Strygwyr becomes frenzied when blood is spilled.
Rupture
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Pure
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Causes an enemy unit's skin to rupture, dealing initial damage based on its current health. If the unit moves, it takes damage based on the distance moved.
DURATION: 9 / 10 / 11
MOVE DAMAGE: 35% / 45% / 55%
HEALTH DAMAGE: 10%
PUSH DISTANCE: 0
75 / 70 / 65
100 / 150 / 200
800
FACET: Arterial Spray
Ruptured units are pushed when attacked by Bloodseeker.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 2 Rupture Charges
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +425 Rupture Cast Range
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +8% Rupture Initial Damage
When the Bloodseeker hunts you, injuries become fatalities.
Talents [E]
+18% Max Thirst MS
+ 3.6 %
2 Rupture Charges
-0.7% Bloodrage Max Health Damage Per Second
+ 1.0 %
+425 Rupture Cast Range
+100 Blood Rite Damage
+ 0.1 %
+8% Rupture Initial Damage
+15% Bloodrage Spell Amplification
+ 1.4 %
+25 Bloodrage Attack Speed
Win Rate
Pick Rate
PATCH 7.38
Level 10 Talent Blood Rite Damage decreased from +135 to +100
Strategy
Use Blood Rite to secure range creep and damage the opponents at the same time if they decide to contest.
Keep an eye on your movement speed. If you are fast, it means someone is very low and you can play more aggressively.
Max out your bloodrage by level 7 as this is your main tool for flash farming with items like maelstrom.
The opponents will often attempt to teleport out when you Rupture them. Call for an ally to help you out if you don't have a way of securing the kill yourself.
Make sure to Rupture high priority targets in the fights, usually mobile cores, especially with Black King Bar.
With Aghanims Scepter and Aghanims Shard, it is often better to stand your ground and fight back when you are low as kills and right clicks will heal you.
Counter Strategy
Bloodseeker's innate sustains him by last hitting or denying creeps. Deal burst of damage to keep him low HP so he cannot last hit creeps with ease and regain HP.
Stay high on HP so that Bloodseeker doesn't gain additional move speed or see you.
When Ruptured by Bloodseeker, don't move too far and consider teleporting to base if possible.
Lotus Orb, Linken's Sphere and status resistance items are good at countering Rupture.
Lore
Strygwyr the Bloodseeker is a ritually sanctioned hunter, Hound of the Flayed Twins, sent down from the mist-shrouded peaks of Xhacatocatl in search of blood. The Flayed Ones require oceanic amounts of blood to keep them sated and placated, and would soon drain their mountain empire of its populace if the priests of the high plateaus did not appease them. Strygwyr therefore goes out in search of carnage. The vital energy of any blood he lets, flows immediately to the Twins through the sacred markings on his weapons and armor. Over the years, he has come to embody the energy of a vicious hound; in battle he is savage as a jackal. Beneath the Mask of the Bloodseeker, in the rush of bloody quenching, it is said that you can sometime see the features of the Flayers taking direct possession of their Hound.