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Lifestealer counters and build in Dota 2

Lifestealer in Dota 2: who counters it, who it beats, best allies and the build — start, boots and items through the game on the latest patch.

Lifestealer build

Start
  1. ×2Gauntlets of Strength
  2. Quelling Blade
  3. Tango
  4. ×2Iron Branch
  5. Faerie Fire
Boots
  1. 7 minPhase Boots
Through the game
  1. 3 minMagic Wand
  2. 17 minRadiance
  3. 20 minArmlet of Mordiggian
  4. 24 minSange and Yasha
  5. 25 minSange
  6. 26 minManta Style
  7. 30 minAghanim's Scepter
  8. 32 minSkull Basher
  9. 38 minAbyssal Blade
Talents
  1. +1.0% Feast Heal and Damage 17%+1.0s Rage Duration 83%25
  2. +12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health 17%+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal 83%20
  3. +175 Infest Damage 13%50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target 87%15
  4. +4 All Attributes 27%+15 Movement Speed 73%10
Skill build
  1. lvl 7Feast
  2. lvl 10Rage
  3. lvl 15Open Wounds
All ranksHerald — GuardianCrusader — ArchonLegend — AncientDivine — Immortal
  • Position 1: Safe Lane89%

Strong against Lifestealer

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Chen+4.4%53.3%165
Enigma+4.3%52.6%1,506
Bane+4.0%51.2%1,476
Doom+3.7%49.0%2,467
Lycan+3.1%49.8%524
Nature's Prophet+3.1%44.0%4,677
Slardar+3.1%51.1%3,742
Morphling+2.9%49.5%1,933
Arc Warden+2.8%54.8%2,327
Meepo+2.5%56.1%745
Pangolier+2.4%47.3%1,247
Abaddon+2.4%52.2%1,428

Lifestealer is strong against

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Centaur Warrunner+5.1%56.5%4,481
Underlord+3.6%56.9%4,249
Axe+3.6%54.3%12,259
Batrider+3.1%62.7%338
Bloodseeker+3.0%52.7%1,639
Tiny+2.9%60.3%2,214
Techies+2.6%52.2%6,853
Kunkka+2.6%55.3%2,249
Elder Titan+2.6%53.7%415
Leshrac+2.5%51.5%927
Sand King+2.3%54.5%2,014
Spectre+2.2%51.2%6,757

Best allies for Lifestealer

HeroSynergyWin rateMatches
Elder Titan+3.3%56.1%367
Earth Spirit+2.8%53.6%1,723
Disruptor+2.8%54.1%4,133
Sand King+2.6%53.5%1,878
Tidehunter+2.3%53.5%3,720
Clockwerk+2.3%50.7%1,370
Centaur Warrunner+2.1%53.7%3,212
Underlord+2.0%51.7%3,323
Gyrocopter+2.0%50.8%1,388
Marci+2.0%52.7%1,807
Night Stalker+2.0%54.0%3,248
Axe+1.9%54.1%8,687
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