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
×2Gauntlets of Strength
Quelling Blade
Tango
×2Iron Branch
Faerie Fire
Boots
7 minPhase Boots
Through the game
3 minMagic Wand
17 minRadiance
20 minArmlet of Mordiggian
24 minSange and Yasha
25 minSange
26 minManta Style
30 minAghanim's Scepter
32 minSkull Basher
38 minAbyssal Blade
Talents
- +1.0% Feast Heal and Damage 17%+1.0s Rage Duration 83%25
- +12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health 17%+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal 83%20
- +175 Infest Damage 13%50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target 87%15
- +4 All Attributes 27%+15 Movement Speed 73%10
Skill build
lvl 7Feast
lvl 10Rage
lvl 15Open Wounds
- Position 1: Safe Lane99%
Strong against Lifestealer
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
 Slardar | +6.5% | 53.8% | 1,288 |
 Enigma | +5.7% | 60.4% | 887 |
 Doom | +4.9% | 53.5% | 1,797 |
 Bane | +4.5% | 53.0% | 575 |
 Razor | +4.3% | 53.6% | 1,723 |
 Broodmother | +4.2% | 53.9% | 297 |
 Spirit Breaker | +4.0% | 55.0% | 3,261 |
 Faceless Void | +3.7% | 51.6% | 1,805 |
 Riki | +3.5% | 55.4% | 873 |
 Huskar | +3.4% | 50.0% | 854 |
 Anti-Mage | +3.3% | 52.3% | 2,530 |
 Arc Warden | +3.3% | 55.8% | 972 |
Lifestealer is strong against
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
 Centaur Warrunner | +5.4% | 57.6% | 1,829 |
 Kunkka | +5.0% | 57.6% | 1,124 |
 Bloodseeker | +4.6% | 54.5% | 378 |
 Tiny | +4.3% | 60.3% | 1,584 |
 Mars | +4.3% | 58.7% | 1,549 |
 Underlord | +3.8% | 59.5% | 1,949 |
 Primal Beast | +3.5% | 53.6% | 929 |
 Spectre | +3.1% | 52.9% | 2,151 |
 Techies | +2.9% | 53.4% | 3,487 |
 Axe | +2.7% | 54.9% | 4,454 |
 Sven | +2.5% | 51.5% | 3,626 |
 Tinker | +2.5% | 54.3% | 1,115 |
Best allies for Lifestealer
| Hero | Synergy | Win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chen | +3.8% | 55.9% | 102 |
 Kez | +3.3% | 50.5% | 378 |
| Bloodseeker | +2.8% | 61.2% | 98 |
| Kunkka | +2.7% | 53.3% | 1,025 |
 Ancient Apparition | +2.4% | 53.7% | 1,424 |
 Tidehunter | +2.4% | 52.7% | 1,770 |
 Gyrocopter | +2.1% | 50.2% | 624 |
| Mars | +2.1% | 50.6% | 1,312 |
 Shadow Shaman | +1.8% | 55.0% | 2,715 |
 Shadow Fiend | +1.8% | 43.5% | 1,094 |
| Axe | +1.7% | 51.9% | 3,689 |
 Jakiro | +1.7% | 49.8% | 1,513 |
Patch 7.41f
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