Infests other units for mobility and strength
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.
Win Rate 52.8%
Pick Rate 8.3%
Attributes
670 +52.8/lvl
255 +21.6/lvl
25 +2.4/lvl
19 +1.9/lvl
15 +1.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
41 - 47 + 2.4/level (124.6 - 130.6 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
4.2 + 0.3/level (15.7 at level 30)
Movement:
320
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Corpse Eater
Corpse Eater
Rage
Win Rate: 53.3%
Pick Rate: 87.0%
dota.facets.life_stealer_rage.Description
Rage
Unfettered
Win Rate: 49.1%
Pick Rate: 13.0%
dota.facets.life_stealer_rage_dispell.Description
Unfettered
Abilities
LEVELS WITH: Infest
BREAKABLE: Yes
Lifestealer's attacks deal damage and provide heal for a percentage of his target's max health. Allows Lifestealer to attack allied creeps at 75% health. Lifestealer gains permanent max HP whenever he kills a creep or hero.
Works on allies and enemies. Does not affect Roshan.
The heal is independent of the damage.
Stacks additively with other sources of Lifesteal.
Break disables the gaining of new stacks.
Break does not disable the bonuses from existing stacks.
MAX HEALTH LIFE STEAL: 1.5% / 2% / 2.5% / 3%
MAX HEALTH DAMAGE: 1.5% / 2% / 2.5% / 3%
MAX HP PER HERO KILL: 15
MAX HP PER CREEP KILL: 1
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +1% Feast Lifesteal and Damage
PATCH 7.37d
Max Health Life Steal increased from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75% to 1.5/2/2.5/3%
Max Health Damage increased from 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75% to 1.5/2/2.5/3%
PATCH 7.37
In addition, Lifestealer gains permanent max HP whenever he kills a creep or hero. Max HP per creep kill: 1. Max HP per hero kill: 15
Rage
Launch into a maddened rage, becoming Debuff Immune and increasing magic resistance. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 80%
20 / 19 / 18 / 17
80 / 100 / 120 / 140
- +1s Rage Duration
Unfettered
Descend into a violent fury, gaining increased status and magic resistance. Applies a dispel and can be cast while disabled. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
DURATION: 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 60%
STATUS RESISTANCE: 60%
20 / 19 / 18 / 17
80 / 100 / 120 / 140
- +1s Rage Duration
Open Wounds
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. All damage dealt will steal life, including damage from spells. The victim recovers movement speed over the duration.
DURATION: 7
LIFE STEAL: 20% / 30% / 40% / 50%
MAX SLOW: 35% / 40% / 45% / 50%
30 / 25 / 20 / 15
75
300 / 400 / 500 / 600
- +15% Open Wounds Slow
- +25% Open Wounds Lifesteal
Ghoul Frenzy
Passively grants Lifestealer Movement and Attack Speed.
BONUS MOVE SPEED: 2% / 4% / 6% / 8%
BONUS ATTACK SPEED: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90
- +3% Ghoul Frenzy Movement Speed
- +50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed
Infest
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. Does not work on enemy heroes. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
DAMAGE RADIUS: 700 / 700 / 700
DAMAGE: 150 / 275 / 400
MOVEMENT SPEED: 15% / 20% / 25%
HEALTH BONUS: 400 / 800 / 1200
SELF MAX HP REGEN: 3% / 4% / 5%
80 / 65 / 50
100 / 125 / 150
150
Aghanim's Scepter
Increases cast range and reduces cooldown to =20s. Infest may target enemy heroes for a short duration, disarming them and attacking them from the inside while increasing Lifestealer's regeneration rate.
Aghanim's Shard
Infest explosion applies a undefined% duration Open Wounds to enemies in the damage radius.
- +150 Infest Damage
- +15% Infest Target Movespeed/Health
Consume
Lifestealer eats the host body from the inside out, exploding from within.
Talents
+1s Rage Duration
+1% Feast Lifesteal and Damage
+ 0.4 %
+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal
+15% Infest Target Movespeed/Health
+ 0.8 %
+15% Open Wounds Slow
+50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed
+ 5.4 %
+3% Ghoul Frenzy Movement Speed
+ 3.1 %
+150 Infest Damage
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Right-click opponents as much as you can on the lane for extra damage and sustain from Lifestealer's Feast passive. Also, make sure to secure last hits and denies to get free max HP from the passive.
Orb of corrosion is great at harrassing enemies in the laning stage and works well with Lifestealer's spells.
Consider investing a point in Rage early on if there's a need for dispel or spell-immunity.
If the enemy has no way to cancel rage TP, be more aggresive on sides lanes and rage TP out.
Once you hit 6, you are really hard to kill and you can dispatch your support to help other lanes.
You can save an ally by Infesting it.
Lifestealer doesn't farm fast but is decent at fighting in early to mid game. Join good looking fights.
If you have gap-closing ally you can choose to Infest him to be able to get on top of opponents quickly.
Orchid, Basher and Scythe are problematic. Adjust your playstyle and itemization accordingly.
You can slow siege opponents' building by damaging it during Rage and then backing away.
Counter Strategy
Chip damage doesn't work against Lifestealer as he is able to recover with Feast. If you manage to bring him below half HP it will be hard for him to feast as he risks dying
Buy boots early against Lifestealer as he is a fast hero who often buys Venom Orb and rushes Phase Boots
Items and spells that go through spell immunity are effective against Lifestealer
When you gank Lifestealer he will Rage and teleport out on first signs of trouble. Make sure you disable him before he rages if you do not yet have a disable that goes through spell immunity
Lifestealer's main spell in fights is Rage. Play around it by disabling him or by saving heroes he is chasing
Lifestealer tends to have evasion due to his Radiance and possibly a Halberd purchase. Look to counter it by getting true strike items
Keep in mind that Lifestealer might be infested in the initiating hero or that he can use Infest to escape
Lore
In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay in shackles, plotting his escape. He shared his cell with a gibbering creature known as N'aix, a thief cursed by the Vile Council with longevity, so that its life-sentence for theft and cozening might be as punishing as possible. Over the years, its chains had corroded, along with its sanity; N'aix retained no memory of its former life and no longer dreamt of escape.
Seeing a perfect vessel for his plans, the wizard wove a spell of Infestation and cast his life-force into N'aix's body, intending to compel N'aix to sacrifice itself in a frenzy of violence while the mage returned to his body and crept away unnoticed. Instead, the wizard found his mind caught in a vortex of madness so powerful that it swept away his plans and shattered his will. Jarred to consciousness by the sudden infusion of fresh life, N'aix woke from its nightmare of madness and obeyed the disembodied voice that filled its skull, which had only the one thought: To escape.
In that moment Lifestealer was born. The creature cast its mind into dungeon guards and soldiers, compelling them to open locks and cut down their companions, opening an unobstructed path to freedom while feeding on their lives. Lifestealer still wears the broken shackles as a warning that none may hold him, but on the inside remains a prisoner. Two minds inhabit the single form--a nameless creature of malevolent cunning, and the Master whose voice he pretends to obey.