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Lifestealer
Lifestealer

Patch 7.41f15.09.2026-2.55 (2.55)

Abilities

Rage

Rage

  • NERFCooldown increased from 20/19/18/17s to 21/20/19/18s+5%+5%+6%+6%
Infest

Infest

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter Enemy Duration decreased from 5s to 4s-20%

Talents

  • NERFLevel 10 Talent: Movement Speed decreased from +20 to +15-25%

Patch 7.41a28.03.2026-6.31 (6.31)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Damage decreased by 3?Now it's 23. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36 (2 years 3 months ago)-19%
  • NERFDamage at level 1 decreased from 49–55 to 46–52-6%

Abilities

Ghoul Frenzy

Ghoul Frenzy

  • NERFBonus Attack Speed decreased from 5 per level to 4 per level-20%
Rage

Rage

  • NERFMovespeed Bonus decreased from 9/12/15/18% to 6/9/12/15%-33%-25%-20%-17%
Feast

Feast

  • NERFMax HP per Hero Kill decreased from 10/15/20/25 to 100%-33%-50%-60%

Patch 7.4124.03.2026+8.74 (14.90)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Damage increased by 10?Now it's 16. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36 (2 years 3 months ago)+62%
  • BUFFBase Attack Speed increased from 100 to 120+20%
  • BUFFBase Movement Speed increased from 315 to 320+2%
  • BUFFDamage at level 1 increased from 39–45 to 49–55+24%

Abilities

Ghoul Frenzy

Feast→Ghoul Frenzy

  • NEWNew innate ability.
Passive, levels up with Infest.
Lifestealer's attacks deal bonus magic damage equal to 2/2.25/2.5/2.75% of target's max health and lifesteal back 2/2.25/2.5/2.75% of target's max health.
Also allows hitting allied creeps below 75% health (default deny threshold is 50%).
→
Passive, occupies the slot vacated by Feast (Feast moved back to a regular ability).
Provides Lifestealer with 5 per level bonus Attack Speed at all times.
Rage

Rage

  • NEWNow also provides 9/12/15/18% bonus movement speed while active
Open Wounds

Open Wounds

  • BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100 to 90-10%
  • BUFFMax Slow increased from 35/40/45/50% to 50%+43%+25%+11%0%
Feast

Feast

  • REWORKNow is a basic ability
  • BUFFHeal From Target's Max Health rescaled from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75% to 1.45/2.05/2.65/3.25%-28%-9%+6%+18%
  • BUFFMax Health Damage rescaled from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75% to 1.45/2.05/2.65/3.25%-28%-9%+6%+18%
  • BUFFMax Health per Hero Kill increased from 10 to 10/15/20/250%+50%+100%+150%
  • Is not retroactive
  • DELNo longer increases deny health threshold to 75%
Infest

Infest

  • NEWNow can be used on Ancient creeps by default
  • REWORKAghanim's Shard reworked: When consuming a creep, enemies also take damage over time equal to 30% of the creep's remaining health. Damage duration: 3s. Has no effect when bursting out of enemy heroes

Talents

  • REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +3% Ghoul Frenzy Movement Speed replaced with +20 Movement Speed
  • REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +15% Open Wounds Slow replaced with 50 Attack Speed on Open Wounds Target
  • REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +50 Ghoul Frenzy Attack Speed replaced with +175 Infest Damage
  • NERFLevel 20 Talent: Infest Target Movespeed/Health decreased from +15% to +12%-20%

Patch 7.39e02.10.2025-0.39 (0.78)

Abilities

Feast

Feast

  • DELHero Creeps no longer count as heroes for Lifestealer's permanent Health bonus

Patch 7.39b29.05.2025+0.85 (0.85)

Facets

Gorestorm

  • BUFFInfest: Remaining Health as Gorestorm Damage increased from 25% to 30%+20%

Patch 7.3921.05.2025-0.14 (2.08)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Strength decreased from 25 to 23?Damage at level 1 decreased by 2 (from 41–47 to 39–45)-8%

Facets

Gorestorm

  • NEWInfest: Damage over time debuff is now undispellable

Abilities

Feast

Feast

  • BUFFHeal from Target's Max Health rescaled from 1.5/2/2.5/3% to 2/2.25/2.5/2.75%+33%+12%0%-8%
  • BUFFMax Health Damage rescaled from 1.5/2/2.5/3% to 2/2.25/2.5/2.75%+33%+12%0%-8%
Infest

Infest

  • NERFCreep Max HP Loss / sec decreased from 2/1/0% to 1.5/0.75/0%-25%-25%0%

Patch 7.38c27.03.2025-1.86 (1.86)

Facets

Fleshfeast

  • NERFFeast: Max HP per hero kill decreased from 20/25/30/35 to 15/20/25/30-25%-20%-17%-14%

Abilities

Open Wounds

Open Wounds

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 75 to 100+33%

Patch 7.38b05.03.2025-3.42 (3.66)

GENERAL

  • NERFBase Agility decreased by 4?Now it's 15. Before this patch it was changed in 7.30c (5 years ago)-21%

Facets

Fleshfeast

  • NERFFeast: Max HP per hero kill decreased from 25/35/45/55 to 20/25/30/35-20%-29%-33%-36%

Abilities

Feast

Feast

  • NERFMax HP per hero kill decreased from 15 to 10-33%
Infest

Infest

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter attack rate improved from 1.25s to 1s-20%
  • DELAghanim's Scepter no longer disarms targeted enemy hero