Lifestealer
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Lifestealer
23 + 2.4
15 + 1.9
15 + 1.8
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
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+52.8HP and +0.24HP regeneration +2.4 Main Attack Damage |
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+0.32 armor and 1.9 attack speed |
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+21.6MP and +0.09MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (115)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.39 + 0.44
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0.9
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2011-12-02
Released | ||
2004-04-08
(4.0beta2) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-12-01 — Present | ||
Version Control This article is mostly accurate for 7.39e, the last version this hero was changed in. New interactions that emerged in following patches may have not yet been accounted for. |
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| Infests other units for mobility and strength. | |
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| What was once a man is now little more than a husk, its mind long since departed from lifetimes of imprisonment. Or has it? Now on the loose, N'aix appears to be driven by a new purpose, although what precisely that is, none would know. The Lifestealer Feasts on raw flesh, nourishing himself with every attack while inflicting grievous Open Wounds that make escape near impossible. By sheer ferocity, or perhaps a Ghoulish Frenzy, N'aix flies into a Rage, intensifying his assault while defying all wizardry. For a particularly nasty surprise, the Lifestealer Infests an unhappy victim, laying dormant inside its body in wait for the opportunity to Consume its host inside-out in a gory explosion. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Durable  Escape  Disabler |
| Adjectives | Badteeth, Undead, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Fleshfeast
Increases Feast's max health gain per hero kill.
+5/10/15/20 Max Health Bonus per Hero Kill
Resets Open Wounds' cooldown whenever a debuff-affected unit dies.
Gorestorm
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
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Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
If the infested unit is an enemy creep or a neutral creep, Lifestealer takes control of the unit's ability to move and attack.
The infested creep is now consumed from the inside, and loses a portion of its max health per second.
The infested creep is now consumed from the inside, and loses a portion of its max health per second.
Lifestealer consumes the affected enemy hero for a short duration, attacking them from the inside.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Applies a shorter Open Wounds duration of its corresponding level to all enemy units within the damage radius upon cast.
Talents
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| +1s Rage Duration | 25 | +1% Feast Lifesteal/Damage |
| +25% Open Wounds Lifesteal | 20 | +15% Infest Ally Move Speed/Health |
| +15% Open Wounds Slow | 15 | +50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed |
| +3% Ghoul Frenzy Move Speed | 10 | +4 All Stats |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio
[edit]Oh Master, behold all these lives for the taking!▶️N'aix, the Lifestealer
Aliases:
LS, N'aix
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.
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.
Voice:
Feast
[edit] Feast 
Deals damage and lifesteals for a percentage of the target's max health.
Max Health as Lifesteal: 
2%/2.25%/2.5%/2.75% (
3%/3.25%/3.5%/3.75%)
2%/2.25%/2.5%/2.75% ( 3%/3.25%/3.5%/3.75%) Max Health as Damage: 2%/2.25%/2.5%/2.75% ( 3%/3.25%/3.5%/3.75%)
3%/3.25%/3.5%/3.75%) 
Feasts and grants itself a max health bonus stack per enemy hero killed.
Max Health Bonus per Hero Kill: 10
N'aix may deny allied creeps at a higher max health percentage than normal.
Grants a lesser max health bonus stack per enemy creep killed.
Grants a lesser max health bonus stack per enemy creep killed.
Creep Max Health Deny Factor: 0.75
Max Health Bonus per Creep Kill: 1
Cannot Feast on Roshan.
After escaping from his cell in Devarque, N'aix subsisted on flesh and bones of those unfortunate to cross his path.
Fleshfeast
Increases Feast's max health gain per hero kill.
Max Health Bonus per Hero Kill: 15/20/25/30
- The ability has two main components:
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- Lifesteal for the full value (before reductions) regardless of the damage instance value in the combat log, this includes from the following sources:
Damage block sources.
Damage negation sources.
Incoming damage manipulation sources on the affected target.
- Does not lifesteal from the following units:
- Lifesteal for the full value (before reductions) regardless of the damage instance value in the combat log, this includes from the following sources:
- Grants 1 stack of permanent max health bonus per last hit credited to N'aix on certain units, this is an
on-death effect. - Considers Meepo Clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, and the following units as creeps:
- Leveling Infest does not retroactively upgrade the value of existing stacks.
- Grants 1 stack of permanent max
- Feast is a bonus conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
- The max health as bonus attack damage values are directly added to N'aix' attack damage in the combat log and not displayed on the HUD.
- Does not interact with the following sources:
Allied units.
Buildings
Ward-type units.- Percentage-based
bonus attack damage sources.
- Interacts with the following sources:
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- Lifesteal sources.
Critical strike sources.
Cleave sources.
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- Damage block sources.
- Feast is a bonus conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
- May deny allied creeps when their max health is at
< 75%:- Considers
clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes; other 
creep-heroes and ward-type units as creeps. - Cannot deny the following units:
- Considers
- May deny allied creeps when their max
modifier_life_stealer_feast
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTH_BONUSMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKEDMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ABILITY_SPECIALMODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ABILITY_SPECIAL_VALUEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_CREEP_DENY_PERCENT- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The lifesteal.
- N'aix' attack damage instance.
- The
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- An indicator appears above N'aix upon gaining buff stacks.
Hero Model
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Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
innate abilities for more details.Abilities
[edit]Rage
[edit]No
Affects
Self
Grants bonus magic resistance and debuff immunity for the entire duration.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 0Magic Resist Bonus: 80%
Duration: 3/4/5/6 (
4/5/6/7)
4/5/6/7) 
20/19/18/17
80/100/120/140
The madness and brutality of N'aix makes him a vicious and unrelenting foe in combat.
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- Interrupts Lifestealer's
channeling abilities upon cast. - Stacks multiplicatively with other
magic resistance sources. - Grants
debuff immunity for the entire duration.
- Interrupts Lifestealer's
modifier_life_stealer_rage
Rage: Gained spell immunity, and 100% resistant to magic damage type.
MODIFIER_STATE_DEBUFF_IMMUNEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUSMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PUREMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_HERO_KILLED
- Lifestealer now has the following magic resistance values:
Open Wounds
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Rends the unit-targeted enemy, slowing the its movement speed and allowing all allied units to regain health for a percentage of the damage dealt to debuff-affected unit.
Lifesteals from all damage instances dealt, including spell damage.
Lifesteals from all damage instances dealt, including spell damage.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.4
Cast Range: 
300/400/500/600
300/400/500/600 Damage as Lifesteal: 20%/30%/40%/50% (
45%/55%/65%/75%)
20%/30%/40%/50% ( 45%/55%/65%/75%) Duration: 7
The affected enemy unit recovers its movement speed in a fixed number of intervals over the duration.
Number of Instances: 8
Number of Max Slow Instances: 2
Number of Min Slow Instances: 3
Max Move Speed Slow: 35%/40%/45%/50% (
45.5%/52%/58.5%/65%)
45.5%/52%/58.5%/65%)Min Move Speed Slow: 7%/8%/9%/10% ( 17.5%/20%/22.5%/25%)
17.5%/20%/22.5%/25%)30/25/20/15
100
Fresh wounds and the scent of blood often draw out the scavengers to finish the job.
Fleshfeast
Resets Open Wounds' cooldown whenever a debuff-affected unit dies.
Cooldown on Kill: 
0
0 
life_stealer_open_woundshas two main components:- Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration.
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- The lifesteal component considers the following damage instances sourced to the caster's allies:
- All
damage types. - From both
attack damage and 
spell damage. 
- Instant kill sources on the
unit-targeted enemy applies a lifesteal-based heal corresponding to the affected unit's current health.
- Instant kill sources on the
- All
- Stacks additively with other lifesteal sources.
- Does not interact with the following damage instance sources:
HP Removal sources, except for Corrosive Skin and Fatal Bonds.- Self-damage sources applied by the unit-targeted enemy itself.
- From the affected enemy's allied units.
- Buildings
Neutral creeps.- Ward-type units.
- The lifesteal component considers the following damage instances sourced to the caster's allies:
-
- Applies 8 movement speed slow (
Sn) instances, starting immediately upon debuff application, in 1-second intervals over the duration as follows:
- The movement speed slow starts from its max value, up to the 2nd instance.
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- The next 3 instances reduces the movement speed slow linearly per step.
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- Applies the min movement speed slow value starting from the 6th instance onward, with full restoration to the debuff-affected unit's movement speed only at the end of the duration.
- EXPR
- Min movement speed slow:
MAX(S) / 5 - First two slow interval's value:
S1 = S2 = MAX(S) - Subsequent slow interval's value:
Sn = MAX(S) - ( MIN(S) × (n - 2) ) , when 3 < n < 5 - Final two slow interval's value:
S6 = S7 = S8 = MIN(S)
- Min movement speed slow:
- Applies 8 movement speed slow (
The passive recast does not proc Spell Block sources.
The passive recast does not proc Spell Reflection sources.
modifier_life_stealer_open_wounds
Open Wounds: Movement speed decreased by x%
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE_TARGETMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGE_KILLCREDIT- The movement speed slow values are applied as follows:
Ghoul Frenzy
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G
Ghoul Frenzy
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants self bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed.
Move Speed Bonus: 2%/4%/6%/8% (
5%/7%/9%/11%)
5%/7%/9%/11%) Attack Speed Bonus: 30/50/70/90 (
80/100/120/140)
80/100/120/140) Distant memories of the Vile Council fuel one mind to plotting and the other to more immediate dark ends.
- Grants flat bonus
attack speed.
modifier_life_stealer_ghoul_frenzyHidden modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTMODIFIER_EVENT_ATTACK_LANDEDInfest
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Unit
Affects
Self / Enemy Heroes
Infests the body of a target unit, becoming undetectable, and healing for a portion of his max health every second while inside.
Does not work on enemy heroes.
Does not work on enemy heroes.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Max Health as Health Regen Bonus: 3%/4%/5% ( 6%/8%/10%)
6%/8%/10%) 
Grants the Infest-affected allied unit certain ability bonuses.
Target Max Health Bonus: 400/800/1200 (
460/920/1380)
460/920/1380)Target Move Speed Bonus: 15%/20%/25% ( 30%/35%/40%)
30%/35%/40%)If the infested unit is an enemy creep or a neutral creep, Lifestealer takes control of the unit's ability to move and attack.
The infested creep is now consumed from the inside, and loses a portion of its max health per second.
The infested creep is now consumed from the inside, and loses a portion of its max health per second.
Creep Max Health Loss per Second: 1.5%/0.75%/0%
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Enables casting Infest on enemy heroes. However, the affected enemy is not granted any of the ability bonuses.
Increases cast range, the health regeneration rate, and reduces cooldown.
Enables casting Infest on enemy heroes. However, the affected enemy is not granted any of the ability bonuses.
Increases cast range, the health regeneration rate, and reduces cooldown.
80/65/50 ( 20)
20)100/125/150
With this infestation, N'aix consumes the life blood of the host, restoring him back to full unholy power.
Infest Ability Effects
life_stealer_infest_effect applies a 
visual indicator above the 
targeted unit.- The ability has four main components:
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- Considers clones,
illusions, and creep-heroes as heroes, and has the following mechanics restrictions:
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- Can be cast on but cannot control allied heroes.
- Cannot be cast on the following units:
- Enemy heroes.
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- Acquiring the ability upgrade removes this restriction.
- Cannot control enemy heroes regardless.
- Acquiring the
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Ancient creeps.
- Selecting the facet removes this restriction.
Couriers.- Undying Zombies.
- Spell immune units.
- Ward-type units.
- Considers
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- Applies the following ability effects on N'aix upon cast:
- Applies a basic dispel that dispels both buffs and debuffs on Lifestealer.
- Disjoint incoming
projectiles. - Both attack immune and spell immune.
Disarm
Hidden
Invulnerable
Root
Unselectable
- Applies a
- Periodically moves N'aix along with the targeted unit. This affects the following things:
-
- The ability cooldown starts upon exiting the affected unit in any way, not upon cast.
- Applies the following ability effects on N'aix upon cast:
- Applies the following ability effects on the unit-targeted ally:
-
life_stealer_infest_effect-
- Applies the max and current health bonuses utilizing the setting health mechanic.
- This component does not affect ancient creeps.
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- For heroes, grants the percentage-based movement speed bonus.
- For heroes, grants the percentage-based
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- The targeted unit has an ally-only visual effect above it.
- Applies the following ability effects on the
- For all
lane creeps and neutral creeps:
- Converts the creep into N'aix' unit and instantly takes control over it.
- The converted creep retains its health bar colors for camouflaging purposes.
- Utilizes the setting mana mechanic, fully restoring the unit's
mana. - Set its base movement speed to EXPR
SelfMS × (1.15/1.2/1.25 + 0.15) - Reinforced units receive incoming damage (before reductions) from the affected creep.
- For the Minor Imp, it continues its attempt to move to the last known coordinates of its set target, despite not being controllable.
-
- Loses 0.15%/0.075%/0% max health per 0.1-second interval, over 66.67/133.33/
Undefinedseconds.
- Loses 0.15%/0.075%/0% max health per 0.1-second interval, over 66.67/133.33/
- Converts the creep into N'aix' unit and instantly takes control over it.
- For all
Does not interact with Spell Reflection sources.
The same targeted unit can be affected by multiple Infest sources.
However, the health bonus granted do not stack.
If the targeted unit is a creep, only the first Infest source can control the unit and can use the Consume
sub-ability.
targeted unit can be affected by multiple Infest sources.However, the health bonus granted do not stack.
If the targeted unit is a creep, only the first Infest source can control the unit and can use the Consume
sub-ability.
modifier_life_stealer_infestInfesting a host
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_HEALTH_BARMODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLEMODIFIER_STATE_UNSELECTABLEMODIFIER_STATE_OUT_OF_GAMEMODIFIER_STATE_ROOTEDMODIFIER_STATE_DISARMEDMODIFIER_STATE_ATTACK_IMMUNEMODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLEMODIFIER_STATE_COMMAND_RESTRICTEDMODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTH_REGEN_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABILITY_LAYOUT modifier_life_stealer_infest_effectHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_EXTRA_HEALTH_BONUS modifier_life_stealer_infest_creepHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_LOW_ATTACK_PRIORITYMODIFIER_STATE_FAKE_ALLYMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BASE_OVERRIDEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABILITY_LAYOUTMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DOMINATED modifier_life_stealer_infest_enemy_heroInfested: You are infested by an enemy hero.
MODIFIER_LIFESTEALER_INFEST_ENEMY_HEROs modifier_life_stealer_infest_effectHidden Modifier
modifier_life_stealer_infest_dotGorestorm: Drenched in blood. Taking x damage per second.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIPConsume
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Eats the host body from the inside out, exploding from within and dealing damage to enemy units within the radius.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
0 + 0Radius: 
700
700 Damage: 150/275/400
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Lifestealer consumes the affected enemy hero for a short duration, attacking them from the inside.
Lifestealer consumes the affected enemy hero for a short duration, attacking them from the inside.
Instant Attack Factor: ( 1)
1) Attack Interval: ( 1)
1) Hero Duration: ( 5)
5) 
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Applies a shorter Open Wounds duration of its corresponding level to all enemy units within the damage radius upon cast.
Applies a shorter Open Wounds duration of its corresponding level to all enemy units within the damage radius upon cast.
Effect Radius: ( 700)
( 700) Open Wounds Duration: ( 3.5)
3.5) 0
Sub-ability of Infest.
Gorestorm
Applies a damage per second debuff within the radius corresponding to the unit's remaining health upon a Consume cast.
Current Health to Damage per Second Factor: 0.3
Duration: 3
Duration: 3
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- Replaces Infest until it is used, or N'aix exits the affected enemy unit in any way.
- If the affected target is a creep:
- N'aix takes control of the affected creep, and can cast all of the creep's abilities.
- This sub-ability now appears on the affected creep's HUD, in the next available ability slot.
- The sub-ability can be used to exit the affected enemy hero at any time.
- Applies the damage within the radius upon cast, even when the affected unit
dies before Lifestealer Consumes it.
- Only instant kill creeps upon cast.
- Only
- Applies the following ability effects upon an Infest cast on the unit-targeted enemy hero:
- Immediately attacks the enemy hero upon cast, performing 6 instant attacks over the entire duration.
- Has the following properties:
- Procs any
attack modifiers and on-cast effects as per normal. - Do not have
True Strike. - Not affected by disarm sources.
- Procs any
- Considers creep-heroes as heroes, clones and illusions as creeps.
- Applies Open Wounds correspondingly to its current level within the damage radius.
- Works independently of Open Wounds' cooldown, and does not cost mana.
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Works independently of Open Wounds'
If there are multiple Infest sources applied onto the same target, the first Consume cast causes both sources to exit the affected target.
The first caster exits first, and Consume applies the spell damage to the first caster.
The first caster exits first, and Consume applies the
spell damage to the first caster.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Lifestealer/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 12, 2026 - 17:00 EET | Qualifier |   | EEU OQ1 ESL One Birmingham |      |  | 0 : 1 |  |      | |
| January 10, 2026 - 12:00 EST | Qualifier |   | NA CQ DreamLeague S28 |    |   | 1 : 0 |  |     | |
| January 10, 2026 - 16:00 EET | Qualifier | | EEU CQ DreamLeague S28 |   |  | 1 : 0 |  |      | |
| January 10, 2026 - 16:00 EET | Qualifier | | EEU CQ DreamLeague S28 |    |  | 1 : 0 | |  | |
| January 10, 2026 - 15:00 CST | Qualifier |   | OQ2 ESL Challenger CN |    | | 1 : 0 |  |    |
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Feast permanent max health bonus ability component now considers most creep-heroes as creeps.
- Increased Infest Gorestorm consumed unit remaining health to damage per second factor from 0.25 to 0.3.
- Reduced base
strength from 25 to 23. - Feast
- Rescaled enemy max health as lifesteal from 1.5%/2%/2.5%/3% to 2%/2.25%/2.5%/2.75%.
- Rescaled enemy max health as damage from 1.5%/2%/2.5%/3% to 2%/2.25%/2.5%/2.75%.
- Infest
- Reduced creep max health loss per second from 2%/1%/0% to 1.5%/0.75%/0%.
- The Gorestorm damage over time component is now undispellable .
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Lifestealer's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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 Bronze |
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 Silver |
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 Gold |
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 Platinum |
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 Master |
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 Grandmaster |
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Equipment
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| Head | |
| Back | |
| Arms | |
| Taunt | |
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Trivia
[edit]- Lifestealer makes several references to Gollum, an iconic character from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit book series.
- Just like written in Lifestealer's lore, Lifestealer is no longer the former self he was, but rather a possessed body. Gollum has a similar story. Once being a Hobbit, his soul got corrupted by the ring, turning into the Gollum he is now.
- Both Lifestealer and Gollum sometimes speak from themselves in plural form ("we", instead of "I"). They also talk to or about a "master".
- His rivalry line towards Tidehunter ▶️ "Tidehunter…I love a bit of raw fish now and again." refers to Gollum's hate towards stewing - or the preparing in general - of fish. Gollum prefers his fish raw and "wriggling".[1]
- In the earlier version of DotA, Lifestealer was a Strength hero with lower Strength and hit points but also has incredibly high Agility growth. By Level 25, Lifestealer has the highest Agility out of all the heroes even surpassing almost all of Agility heroes at the time. Ultimately, Lifestealer was revamped and heavily nerfed into his current incarnation in 6.49 as his overall stats and skill set was deemed too powerful.
- Ghoul Frenzy shares the same name with the passive upgrade for the Ghoul units of "Warcraft III", an Undead unit whom Lifestealer was based off of in DotA. Both abilities increase the respective user's attack speed, but the similarities end there since Lifestealer's passive has a slow effect, while the Ghoul's passive grants bonus movement speed.[2]
- One of Lifestealer's old abilities, Anabolic Frenzy, also has a similar name and effects to both passives as well, except that Anabolic Frenzy doesn't have a slow effect. In a way, Ghoul Frenzy is a reworked version of the old passive.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Lifestealer's hero concept is originally inspired by the Ghouls, which are basic Undead melee units.
- Feast's conept is inspired by Cannibalize, both relying on other units to self-heal, although the way it is achieved is fundamentally different.
- Granted to Lifestealer during Dota 2, Ghoul Frenzy is a reference to the Ghoul's upgrade of the same name, Ghoul Frenzy, both of which passively increase movement and attack speed.
- Rage is based on Avatar, though only sharing the core ability, not the theme.
- Open Wounds is based on Cripple, though again, only sharing parts of the core ability, not the theme.
- Lifestealer has a 1/8 chance to spawn in with the name "Gollum".
- Lifestealer's hero concept is originally inspired by the Ghouls, which are basic Undead melee units.
Gallery
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Model
Low Violence model
Splash artwork
Concept art
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Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
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