Lifestealer

Infests other units for mobility and strength

Melee

Shred high-HP tanks with Lifestealer, an anti-strength carry who infests allies to set up ganks. Bursting out of a host and completely surprising enemies, he rages to gain spell immunity while relentlessly tearing them apart with his claws.

Lifestealer abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

2/3

Complexity

2/3

Carry

2/3

Durable

1/3

Disabler

1/3

Escape

Lifestealer Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Lifestealer holds a 52.51% win rate across 409,243 ranked games. That average hides a 2.4-point swing between skill brackets — 53.11% in Legend against 50.7% in Herald — so Lifestealer rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests. Captains treat Lifestealer as a threat: 56.1% of its 41 contested pro drafts ended in a ban.

Base Stats

Health626+0.3 / s

Mana255

AttributeBase / Growth per lvl

Strength

23+2.4 per lvl

Agility

15+1.9 per lvl

Intelligence

15+1.8 per lvl

StatValue

Damage

46 – 52

Armor

3.5

Movement Speed

320

Attack Range

150

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e

Public Win Rate53%409.2K matches

Pro Win Rate61%11W / 7L

Pro Bans2356% of contests

RankPicksWin Rate

Herald

12.9K

51%

Guardian

43.8K

52%

Crusader

72K

52%

Archon

92.1K

52%

Legend

86.2K

53%

Ancient

56.5K

53%

Divine

45.7K

53%

Faces of Lifestealer

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Ghoul Frenzy

Dispellable

Hidden, Passive

Passively grants Lifestealer Attack Speed.

Talent Tree

+1s Rage Duration

+1% Feast Heal and Damage

+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal

+12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health

50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target

+175 Infest Damage

+20 Movement Speed

+4 All Attributes

Abilities

Rage

Basic Dispel

No Target, Instant Cast

Launch into a maddened rage, becoming Debuff Immune, increasing magic resistance and gaining movement speed.

Duration3 / 4 / 5 / 6s

Magic Resistance80%

Debuff Immunity1

Movespeed Bonus6% / 9% / 12% / 15%

80 / 100 / 120 / 140

20 / 19 / 18 / 17s

Open Wounds

Dispellable

Unit Target

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.

Duration7s

Slow Steps-50 / -50 / -40 / -30 / -20 / -10 / -10 / -10

Damage To Healing20% / 30% / 40% / 50%

Spread Radius700

Slow Step Pct Of Max100

Cast Range300 / 400 / 500 / 600

Cast Time0.2s

30 / 25 / 20 / 15s

Feast

PhysicalPierces BKB

Passive

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.

Heal From Target's Max Health1.45% / 2.05% / 2.65% / 3.25%

Max Health Damage1.45% / 2.05% / 2.65% / 3.25%

Creep Deny Percent50

Max Hp Per Hero Kill10

Max Hp Per Creep Kill1

Infest

MagicalPierces BKBBasic Dispel

Unit Target

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.

Damage Radius700

Damage150 / 275 / 400

Movement Speed15% / 20% / 25%

Health Bonus400 / 800 / 1200

Self Max Hp Regen3% / 4% / 5%

Creep Max Hp Loss / Sec1.5% / 0.75% / 0%

Can Target Ancients1

Remaining Health As Total Damage0%

Cast Range150

Cast Time0.2s

100 / 125 / 150

80 / 65 / 50s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades 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 ShardUpgrades Infest

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