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.

Top 5 builds cover 66% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Radiance → Yasha → Sange · 5,180 games · win rate 58.3%

Everything below follows the selected build.

Full build

From the starting items to the late game, in this build's games with the filters above. Each phase shows up to 3 combinations with win rate, games and share of the build's games; the most played is highlighted.

Most common path

1 · Starting items

0:00

58.5%814 · 16%
55.6%797 · 15%
64.9%305 · 6%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

56.0%2,400 · 46%
62.0%1,331 · 26%
58.9%567 · 11%

Finished items only: no components, consumables or Aghanim's Shard. Any order; shown in the most common one.

3 · Core

first 3 key items

60.0%3,192 · 62%
55.8%1,985 · 38%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

53.9%2,895 · 56%
37.2%1,169 · 23%
33.0%940 · 18%

Any order, shown in the most common one. A game counts if it reached at least one of the items.

Situational items

Bought in at least 5% of this build's games and not on the most common path, sorted by win-rate change.

Assault Cuirass21% of games · ~37:30+21.2 pts
Abyssal Blade39% of games · ~39:12+19.9 pts
Buckler25% of games · ~35:31+19.2 pts
Eye of Skadi10% of games · ~41:01+17.9 pts
Aghanim's Blessing17% of games · ~46:09+12.0 pts
Crystalys6% of games · ~39:38+9.6 pts
Monkey King Bar24% of games · ~37:00+7.7 pts
Magic Wand42% of games · ~4:35+4.4 pts

Win-rate change: win rate of the build's games with the item minus without it, in percentage points. At least 30 games on each side.

Skill order, levels 1–25

57.4% · 1,694 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

80% · 65.9% · 2,189

+1% Feast Heal and Damage

20% · 68.2% · 534

+25% Open Wounds Lifesteal

82% · 60.9% · 3,660

+12% Infest Target Movespeed/Health

18% · 62.3% · 823

50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target

85% · 58.5% · 4,375

+175 Infest Damage

15% · 57.2% · 764

+15 Movement Speed

70% · 58.3% · 3,649

+4 All Attributes

30% · 58.2% · 1,540

+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.

Neutral items

51.4% · 4,081

52.9% · 3,882

55.0% · 2,787

51.4% · 2,417

49.5% · 1,180

52.2% · 1,093

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~18:00

10–15 min	▲ 76.4%	2,161
15–20 min	▲ 55.8%	12,835
20–25 min	▼ 30.6%	3,186
25–30 min	▼ 23.2%	366
30–35 min	▼ 33.3%	63
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	18
40–45 min	▼ 16.7%	6
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	4

Bought before 15:00: 76.4% wins; later: 50.1%.

Yasha~23:08

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	3
10–15 min	▲ 59.1%	93
15–20 min	▲ 70.4%	3,793
20–25 min	▲ 55.5%	8,436
25–30 min	▼ 41.3%	3,347
30–35 min	▼ 37.9%	850
35–40 min	▼ 45.8%	225
40–45 min	▲ 52.1%	71
45–50 min	▼ 45.5%	22
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	12
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	2
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	3
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 70.1% wins; later: 50.5%.

Aghanim's Scepter~31:24

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 82.2%	45
20–25 min	▲ 74.9%	1,201
25–30 min	▲ 68.2%	4,932
30–35 min	▲ 56.6%	4,898
35–40 min	▼ 49.3%	1,976
40–45 min	▼ 49.6%	601
45–50 min	▲ 54.7%	190
50–55 min	▲ 51.1%	94
55–60 min	▲ 63.6%	33
60–65 min	▲ 64.3%	14
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 69.6% wins; later: 54.1%.

Sange~28:31

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	3
10–15 min	▲ 51.0%	49
15–20 min	▲ 73.5%	1,183
20–25 min	▲ 62.9%	4,796
25–30 min	▼ 48.2%	2,707
30–35 min	▲ 62.4%	1,565
35–40 min	▲ 67.7%	1,419
40–45 min	▲ 64.4%	923
45–50 min	▲ 60.1%	381
50–55 min	▲ 53.6%	166
55–60 min	▼ 48.1%	52
60–65 min	▲ 53.8%	26
65–70 min	▲ 60.0%	5
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 64.9% wins; later: 57.9%.

Skull Basher~32:28

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	2
10–15 min	▲ 75.0%	20
15–20 min	▲ 67.8%	115
20–25 min	▲ 70.5%	1,061
25–30 min	▲ 70.1%	3,428
30–35 min	▲ 64.8%	4,418
35–40 min	▲ 55.6%	2,537
40–45 min	▲ 52.8%	962
45–50 min	▼ 46.1%	310
50–55 min	▲ 55.8%	86
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	30
60–65 min	▼ 33.3%	9
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 70.1% wins; later: 59.8%.

Sange and Yasha~25:45

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	8
15–20 min	▲ 80.3%	356
20–25 min	▲ 68.1%	4,222
25–30 min	▼ 49.7%	3,215
30–35 min	▼ 39.1%	949
35–40 min	▼ 47.9%	215
40–45 min	▲ 56.4%	78
45–50 min	▼ 45.5%	22
50–55 min	▲ 60.0%	10
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	3
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	3
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 69.1% wins; later: 47.6%.

Manta Style~28:02

15–20 min	▲ 81.6%	103
20–25 min	▲ 66.7%	2,799
25–30 min	▼ 48.6%	3,092
30–35 min	▼ 44.6%	1,167
35–40 min	▲ 54.6%	557
40–45 min	▲ 57.2%	257
45–50 min	▲ 53.8%	119
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	50
55–60 min	▲ 82.4%	17
60–65 min	▲ 80.0%	5
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 67.2% wins; later: 49.0%.

Abyssal Blade~39:37

20–25 min	▲ 88.9%	18
25–30 min	▲ 83.0%	253
30–35 min	▲ 80.7%	1,399
35–40 min	▲ 73.1%	2,372
40–45 min	▲ 65.1%	1,721
45–50 min	▲ 60.5%	778
50–55 min	▲ 51.5%	332
55–60 min	▲ 56.6%	99
60–65 min	▼ 48.6%	37
65–70 min	▲ 77.8%	9
70–75 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 81.1% wins; later: 66.9%.