Lifestealer
Carry

Melee · Carry · Durable · Escape

How to counter Lifestealer

In lane

  • • Lifestealer is a high HP hero meaning he is a good target for Reaper's Scythe. • Lifestealer's health scales with Feast making Necrophos's Heartstopper Aura scale in return. • Ghost Shroud stops the attacks of Lifestealer.
  • • Lifestealer has no way to deal with Demonic Summoning in lane. • Lifestealer's health scales with Feast making Enigma's Midnight Pulse scale in return. • Rage does not stop Black Hole.
  • • Poison Attack is a powerful harass on lane. • Lifestealer relies on Feast heavily. Viper Strike can break it.
  • • Razor can latch onto him with Static Link and steal his damage. • Eye of the Storm can shred the already low armor of a Lifestealer trying to stand his ground.

In game

  • • Lifestealer relies on Rage to become immune to spells and their damage. Crippling Fear is a very long silence that can stop him from pressing it. • Lifestealer likes to man up and fight. Night Stalker is a hero that is flying around, poking before it is time to swoop in for the kill.
  • • Feast is not that good against Morphling since he can reduce his max HP to gain more agility. • Morphling can Morph into Lifestealer to claim free magic immunity in the form of Rage.
  • • Faceless Void belongs in the shallow pool of heroes that can successfully manfight Lifestealer. • Time Lock goes through Rage.
  • • Lifestealer has relatively low armor which makes Corrosive Haze even more potent. • Lifestealer relies on Rage to become immune to spells and their damage. Corrosive Haze makes Slardar's allies hit him harder physically and Bash of the Deep penetrates Rage.

Items

  • Orchid Malevolence
    • Lifestealer relies on Rage to dodge spells and damage. This item can catch him off-guard. • This item will force him to adapt and buy a dispel or Black King Bar.

Kit

Talent tree

  1. +1s Rage Duration

    25

    +1% Feast Heal and Damage

  2. +25% Open Wounds Lifesteal

    20

    +12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health

  3. 50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target

    15

    +175 Infest Damage

  4. +15 Movement Speed

    10

    +4 All Attributes

Attributes

At level 1, before items.

Growth

Strength
23 + 2.4
Agility
15 + 1.9
Intelligence
15 + 1.8
Damage
46–52

Health & mana

Health
626
Health regen
2.6
Mana
255
Mana regen
0.8

Combat

Armour
3.5
Magic resist
25%
Attack range
150
Base attack time
1.7s
Attack point
0.39
Projectile speed
900

Movement & vision

Move speed
320
Turn rate
0.9
Day vision
1800
Night vision
800
Legs
2