Lifestealer

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Phase Boots 1450 Armlet of Mordiggian 2500 Desolator 3500 Assault Cuirass 5125 Sange and Yasha 4200 Magic Wand 460 Echo Sabre 2700 Hand of Midas 2200 Quelling Blade 100 Abyssal Blade 6250 Skull Basher 2875 Monkey King Bar 5000

Abilities

Rage

Cooldown 21 / 20 / 19 / 18s Mana 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 Range 0

ActiveCooldown21 / 20 / 19 / 18sMana80 / 100 / 120 / 140Range0

Launch into a maddened rage, becoming Debuff Immune, increasing magic resistance and gaining movement speed. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

DURATION	3.0 / 4.0 / 5.0 / 6.0
%MAGIC RESISTANCE	80
debuff_immunity	1
%MOVESPEED BONUS	6 / 9 / 12 / 15

Patch history

7.41f 2026-09-15

• Cooldown increased from 20/19/18/17s to 21/20/19/18s

7.41a 2026-03-27

• Movespeed Bonus decreased from 9/12/15/18% to 6/9/12/15%

7.41 2026-03-24

• Now also provides 9/12/15/18% bonus movement speed while active

Open Wounds

Cooldown 30 / 25 / 20 / 15s Mana 90 Range 300 / 400 / 500 / 600

ActiveCooldown30 / 25 / 20 / 15sMana90Range300 / 400 / 500 / 600

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（6）

DURATION	7
slow_steps	-50 / -50 / -40 / -30 / -20 / -10 / -10 / -10
%DAMAGE TO HEALING	20 / 30 / 40 / 50
spread_radius	700
slow_step_pct_of_max	100
%MAX SLOW	50

• Open Wounds slows over 8 different steps: 50% / 50% / 40% / 30% / 20% / 10% / 10% / 10%, with the slow decreasing one step per second.
• The amount healed is amplified by Lifestealer's Health Restoration Amplification.

Patch history

7.41 2026-03-24

• Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 90
• Max Slow increased from 35/40/45/50% to 50%

Feast Passive

PHYSICAL

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.

Raw values (from the game files)（5）

%HEAL FROM TARGET'S MAX HEALTH	1.45 / 2.05 / 2.65 / 3.25
%MAX HEALTH DAMAGE	1.45 / 2.05 / 2.65 / 3.25
creep_deny_percent	50
MAX HP PER HERO KILL	10
MAX HP PER CREEP KILL	1

• Works on allies and enemies. Does not affect Roshan.
• The heal is independent of the damage.
• Break disables the gaining of new stacks.
• Break does not disable the bonuses from existing stacks.

Patch history

7.41a 2026-03-27

• Max HP per Hero Kill decreased from 10/15/20/25 to 10

7.41 2026-03-24

• Now is a basic ability
• Heal From Target's Max Health rescaled from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75% to 1.45/2.05/2.65/3.25%
• Max Health Damage rescaled from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75% to 1.45/2.05/2.65/3.25%
• Max Health per Hero Kill increased from 10 to 10/15/20/25 遡及効果はない
• No longer increases deny health threshold to 75%

Ghoul Frenzy Innate Passive

Passive

Passively grants Lifestealer Attack Speed.

Patch history

7.41a 2026-03-27

• Bonus Attack Speed decreased from 5 per level to 4 per level

7.41 2026-03-24

• Reworked into Innate ability. Passive
• Provides Lifestealer with 5 bonus Attack Speed per level

Infest

Cooldown 80 / 65 / 50s Mana 100 / 125 / 150 Range 150 MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown80 / 65 / 50sMana100 / 125 / 150Range150

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. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Raw values (from the game files)（11）

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
ENEMY DURATION	0
ATTACK RATE	0
%CREEP MAX HP LOSS / SEC	1.5 / 0.75 / 0.0
can_target_ancients	1
%REMAINING HEALTH AS TOTAL DAMAGE	0
DAMAGE OVER TIME DURATION	0

• Lifestealer gains experience while under the effects of Infest.
• Creeps that are controlled while Infested gain Infest's movement speed bonus.
• Does not trigger spell reflect.
• Infest can be used on Ancient creeps.

Patch history

7.41f 2026-09-15

• Aghanim's Scepter Enemy Duration decreased from 5s to 4s Aghanim's Scepter

7.41 2026-03-24

• Now can be used on Ancient creeps by default
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked Aghanim's Shard
• When consuming a creep, enemies also take damage over time equal to 30% of the creep's remaining health. Damage duration: 3s. Has no effect when bursting out of enemy heroes

Consume

Active

Lifestealer eats the host body from the inside out, exploding from within.

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

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.

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