Lifestealer — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Radiance~17:47
Armlet of Mordiggian~19:57
Yasha~22:59

Skill order, levels 1–25

57.5% · 212 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Rage				4				8	9	10
Open Wounds		2										12		14	15
Feast	1		3		5		7
Infest						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

+1s Rage Duration

88% · 61.7% · 240

+1% Feast Heal and Damage

12% · 54.5% · 33

+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal

87% · 59.9% · 394

+12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health

13% · 45.6% · 57

50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target

89% · 56.1% · 433

+175 Infest Damage

11% · 58.5% · 53

+15 Movement Speed

87% · 58.5% · 426

+4 All Attributes

13% · 41.3% · 63

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Numbers from the games of this build. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

53.6% · 683

52.5% · 560

48.1% · 214

Neutral items

51.0% · 753

53.8% · 741

57.3% · 525

47.7% · 465

53.0% · 230

51.0% · 198

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Radiance~17:47

10–15 min	▲ 75.7%	391
15–20 min	▲ 54.3%	2,618
20–25 min	▼ 28.3%	541
25–30 min	▼ 17.5%	40
30–35 min	▲ 50.0%	6

Bought before 15:00: 75.7% wins; later: 49.5%.

Yasha~22:59

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 61.5%	13
15–20 min	▲ 70.2%	744
20–25 min	▲ 55.2%	1,718
25–30 min	▼ 39.6%	669
30–35 min	▼ 42.2%	135
35–40 min	▲ 56.8%	37
40–45 min	▼ 36.4%	11
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	3
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	3

Bought before 20:00: 70.1% wins; later: 50.3%.

Aghanim's Scepter~31:26

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 70.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 65.9%	220
25–30 min	▲ 69.4%	966
30–35 min	▲ 57.7%	1,042
35–40 min	▼ 42.4%	384
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	122
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	36
50–55 min	▲ 61.1%	18
55–60 min	▲ 72.7%	11
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 68.8% wins; later: 53.4%.

Sange~28:34

10–15 min	▼ 42.9%	7
15–20 min	▲ 69.6%	214
20–25 min	▲ 62.7%	952
25–30 min	▲ 50.0%	526
30–35 min	▲ 63.2%	304
35–40 min	▲ 73.6%	277
40–45 min	▲ 63.2%	182
45–50 min	▲ 60.3%	73
50–55 min	▼ 48.5%	33
55–60 min	▲ 58.3%	12
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 63.9% wins; later: 59.8%.

Skull Basher~32:35

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 60.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 72.5%	211
25–30 min	▲ 66.9%	680
30–35 min	▲ 64.0%	856
35–40 min	▲ 58.8%	495
40–45 min	▼ 46.6%	189
45–50 min	▼ 48.5%	68
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	18
55–60 min	▲ 57.1%	7

Bought before 30:00: 68.2% wins; later: 59.6%.

Sange and Yasha~25:32

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 74.5%	55
20–25 min	▲ 68.4%	826
25–30 min	▼ 48.6%	654
30–35 min	▼ 44.0%	159
35–40 min	▲ 58.3%	24
40–45 min	▲ 75.0%	8
45–50 min	▲ 60.0%	5
50–55 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 25:00: 68.8% wins; later: 48.3%.

Manta Style~28:14

15–20 min	▲ 90.9%	22
20–25 min	▲ 65.5%	556
25–30 min	▼ 48.6%	669
30–35 min	▼ 39.0%	241
35–40 min	▲ 55.6%	126
40–45 min	▲ 57.1%	56
45–50 min	▲ 51.6%	31
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	10
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 25:00: 66.4% wins; later: 47.8%.

Abyssal Blade~39:34

20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	5
25–30 min	▲ 85.4%	48
30–35 min	▲ 76.5%	293
35–40 min	▲ 73.3%	499
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	357
45–50 min	▲ 60.3%	156
50–55 min	▼ 47.9%	73
55–60 min	▼ 44.4%	18
60–65 min	▲ 57.1%	7
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 78.0% wins; later: 67.1%.