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 50.8%
Pick Rate 10.0%
Attributes
550 +52.8/lvl
180 +21.6/lvl
25 +2.4/lvl
19 +1.9/lvl
15 +1.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
16 - 22 + 1.9/level (71.1 - 77.1 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
1 + 0.3/level (9.7 at level 30)
Movement:
320
Roles
Carry
Escape
Nuker
Initiator
Durable
Disabler
Support
Pusher
Facets
Corpse Eater
Win Rate: 51.8%
Pick Rate: 88.1%
Lifestealer gains 1 HP whenever he kills a creep, and 5 whenever he kills a hero.
Unfettered
Win Rate: 43.1%
Pick Rate: 11.9%
Descend into a violent fury, gaining increased status and magic resistance. Applies a Strong Dispel and can be cast while disabled.
DURATION:
4/5/6/7
MAGIC RESISTANCE:
60%
STATUS RESISTANCE:
60%
20/19/18/17
80/100/120/140
Abilities
Feast
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.
MAX HEALTH LIFE STEAL: 1.25%/1.75%/2.25%/2.75%
MAX HEALTH DAMAGE: 1.25%/1.75%/2.25%/2.75%
Rage
Launch into a maddened rage, becoming Debuff Immune and increasing magic resistance. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
PASSIVE:No
duration:3 / 4 / 5 / 6
magic resist:80
debuff immunity:1
+1s Rage Duration
20 / 19 / 18 / 17
80 / 100 / 120 / 140
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.
AFFECTS:unit
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:basic
DEBUFF:yes
duration:7
slow steps:-50 / -50 / -40 / -30 / -20 / -10 / -10 / -10
heal percent:20 / 30 / 40 / 50
spread radius:700
slow step pct of max:70 / 80 / 90 / 100
slow tooltip:35 / 40 / 45 / 50
+15% Open Wounds Slow
+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal
30 / 25 / 20 / 15
75
Ghoul Frenzy
Passively grants Lifestealer Movement and Attack Speed.
PASSIVE:Breakable
DISPELLABLE:basic
DEBUFF:yes
movement speed bonus:2 / 4 / 6 / 8
attack speed bonus:30 / 50 / 70 / 90
+3% Ghoul Frenzy Movement Speed
+50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed
Consume
Lifestealer eats the host body from the inside out, exploding from within.
PASSIVE:No
Talents
+1% Feast Lifesteal and Damage
+ 0.3 %
+1s Rage Duration
+15% Infest Target Movespeed/Health
+ 0.5 %
+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal
+50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed
+ 5.0 %
+15% Open Wounds Slow
+3% Ghoul Frenzy Movement Speed
+ 3.4 %
+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 Feast.
Orb of corrosion is great at harrassing enemies in the laning stage and works well with lifestealers 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.