WelcomeR.O.S.H.HeroesPlayersMatchesLeaguesBattle PassRoad to GrandmasterGuildsLeaderboardsKnowledge BaseSpecial EventsAPISitemap
STRATZ+GraphQL API
© 2015-2025 STRATZ, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
The STRATZ Logo is a registered trademark of STRATZ, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Dota 2, and the Dota 2 logo are registered trademarks of Valve Corporation.

Lifestealer
Lifestealer
OverviewOverview
LeaderboardLeaderboard
GuidesGuides
MatchupsMatchups
GraphsGraphs
TimeTime
RankRank
AttributesAttributes
AbilitiesAbilities
DescriptionsDescriptions
TalentsTalents
ItemsItems
SummarySummary
StatsStats
Lifestealer
Lifestealer
Overview
LeaderboardLeaderboard
GuidesGuides
MatchupsMatchups
GraphsGraphs
AttributesAttributes
AbilitiesAbilities
ItemsItems
Overview
LeaderboardLeaderboard
GuidesGuides
MatchupsMatchups
GraphsGraphs
AttributesAttributes
AbilitiesAbilities
ItemsItems
MoreMore

Lifestealer

In meta
All rank tiers
More filters
Win Rate50.4%#47 overall
Pick Rate8.0%#46 overall
Matchups
Kunkka
+4.0
Tiny
+4.0
Centaur Warrunner
+3.8
Slardar
-3.5
Broodmother
-3.7
Enigma
-5.5
Best against
Lifestealer
Worst against
​
Safe Lane 
Most played
85.2%
52.8%
5%
W30%
D26%
L32%
7%
Suggested partners
UndyingDazzleWitch DoctorSniperSkywrath Mage
​
Mid Lane 
1.2%
47.9%
1%
W18%
D25%
L43%
12%
Strongest against
SniperLinaOutworld DestroyerNecrophosMonkey King
​
Off Lane 
11.5%
46.7%
2%
W17%
D23%
L43%
14%
Suggested partners
UndyingSniperSilencerShadow DemonSkywrath Mage
​
Soft Support 
1.1%
40.7%
2%
W13%
D22%
L45%
17%
Suggested partners
PhoenixMarciJakiroBeastmasterShadow Fiend
​
Hard Support 
0.9%
40.9%
2%
W16%
D24%
L43%
15%
Suggested partners
SlardarSniperGrimstrokeLinaTechies
Abilities
Rage
Rage
No Target
Open Wounds
Open Wounds
Unit Target ∙ Enemies
Ghoul Frenzy
Ghoul Frenzy
Passive ∙ Enemies
Max first
Best level 1
Infest
Infest
Unit Target
Level at 18
Upgrade
Talents
+1.5s Rage Duration
+1.2% Feast Lifesteal and Damage+0.5%
+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal
+15% Infest Target Movespeed/Health+0.6%
+15% Open Wounds Slow
+50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed+5.5%
+3% Ghoul Frenzy Movement Speed
+150 Infest Damage
Items
Boots
Boots of Speed
50%
Arcane Boots
56%
Guardian Greaves
75%
Starting-1:40
Gauntlets of Strength
55%
Magic Wand
54%
Gauntlets of Strength
53%
Magic Stick
53%
Early0:00 - 15:00
Radiance
76%
Desolator
61%
Skull Basher
60%
Great Healing Lotus
60%
Mid15:00 - 35:00
Aghanim's Blessing
80%
Eye of Skadi
79%
Butterfly
79%
Sange
78%
Late35:00+
Swift Blink
80%
Eye of Skadi
70%
Revenant's Brooch
69%
Blight Stone
69%
Featured guides
aleffez
33:11
Dire
4
/
3
/
14
Rage
Open Wounds
Ghoul Frenzy
Infest
Magic Stick-01:29
Phase Boots06:04
Radiance16:06
Sange and Yasha22:17
Assault Cuirass28:18
Linken's Sphere32:07
Brigand's Blade
Kai
37:07
Dire
14
/
1
/
21
Rage
Open Wounds
Ghoul Frenzy
Infest
Phase Boots09:53
Radiance16:22
Sange and Yasha22:45
Nullifier29:25
Assault Cuirass33:14
Abyssal Blade36:04
Dark Star
36:23
Dire
22
/
1
/
12
Rage
Open Wounds
Ghoul Frenzy
Infest
Phase Boots05:52
Radiance13:16
Sange and Yasha20:08
Assault Cuirass24:09
Monkey King Bar30:07
Abyssal Blade34:53
Top players
1
BOMBARDINO CROCODILO
+13
2
Mo.huang
+7
3
XYJerry
+6
4
brok.K.O.
+5
5
DeVianT
+4
Recent rampages
Dayrony
12:40 AM - 6/4
Pudge
Lina
Axe
Earthshaker
Sniper
DXD
12:39 AM - 6/4
Templar Assassin
Nature's Prophet
Tiny
Doom
Lion
♥ ҉҈҉҈҈҉҈҉҈
12:44 AM - 6/4
Pudge
Luna
Disruptor
Pangolier
Drow Ranger
EL DANDY
12:41 AM - 6/4
Timbersaw
Lion
Zeus
Pudge
Sven
桃花依旧笑春风
12:17 AM - 6/4
Queen of Pain
Kunkka
Spirit Breaker
Witch Doctor
Nature's Prophet
Details
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.
Hero ID
54
Aliases
ls, Naix
LoreIn 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.