Lifestealer counters and build in Dota 2

Pangolier (+4.4%), Slardar (+4.1%), and Broodmother (+3.7%) are the strongest against Lifestealer — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Lifestealer does best against Kunkka (+5.1%), Tiny (+4.4%), and Centaur Warrunner (+4.3%).

The best partners for Lifestealer are Centaur Warrunner (+3.7%), Slark (+3.2%), and Chen (+3.1%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

“Position 1: Safe Lane”: players usually start with Gauntlets of Strength ×2, Quelling Blade, Tango, Iron Branch ×2, and Faerie Fire, pick Phase Boots for boots, then build Radiance (17 min), Armlet of Mordiggian (20 min), Sange and Yasha (24 min), and Sange (25 min).

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+15 Movement Speed” (73%), at level 15 — “50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target” (87%), at level 20 — “+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal” (83%), and at level 25 — “+1.0s Rage Duration” (83%).

Lifestealer is played most often as “Position 1: Safe Lane” — 77% of its matches. Less often: Position 3: Off Lane (19%).