Lifestealer

In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay in shackles, plotting his escape. He shared his cell with a gibbering creature known as N'aix, a thief cursed by the Vile Council with longevity, so that its life-sentence for theft and cozening might be as punishing as possible. Over the years, its chains had corroded, along with its sanity; N'aix retained no memory of its former life and no longer dreamt of escape. Seeing a perfect vessel for his plans, the wizard wove a spell of Infestation and cast his life-force into N'aix's body, intending to compel N'aix to sacrifice itself in a frenzy of violence while the mage returned to his body and crept away unnoticed. Instead, the wizard found his mind caught in a vortex of madness so powerful that it swept away his plans and shattered his will. Jarred to consciousness by the sudden infusion of fresh life, N'aix woke from its nightmare of madness and obeyed the disembodied voice that filled its skull, which had only the one thought: To escape. In that moment Lifestealer was born. The creature cast its mind into dungeon guards and soldiers, compelling them to open locks and cut down their companions, opening an unobstructed path to freedom while feeding on their lives. Lifestealer still wears the broken shackles as a warning that none may hold him, but on the inside remains a prisoner. Two minds inhabit the single form--a nameless creature of malevolent cunning, and the Master whose voice he pretends to obey.

Carry
Durable
Jungler
Escape
Rage
Instant

Launch into a maddened rage, becoming Spell Immune, 100% resistant magic damage and gaining increased attack speed.

Attack Speed Bonus: 30/45/60/80

Duration: 3/4/5/6

Upon casting, many buffs and debuffs will be removed.

Feast
Passive

Lifestealer's attacks damage enemies and heal himself for a percentage of his target's current health.

Life Leech: 4%/5%/6%/7%

Does not affect Roshan.

Affects Spell Immune units.

The heal is independent of the damage.

Stacks additively with other sources of Lifesteal.

Open Wounds
Unit Target Enemies

Lifestealer rends an enemy unit, slowing the victim's movement speed and allowing all allies to regain health for a percentage of the damage they deal to that unit. All damage dealt will steal life, including damage from spells. The victim recovers movement speed over the duration.

Life Leech: 50%

Max Slow: 70%

Duration: 8

Cast Range: 200/300/400/500

Open Wounds slows over 8 different steps: 70% / 70% / 60% / 50% / 30% / 10% / 10% / 10%, with the slow decreasing one step per second.

Stacks additively with other sources of Lifesteal.

Assimilate
Unit Target Allies

Ejects an Assimilated hero, damaging nearby enemies.

Erupt Damage: 300

Erupt Radius: 700

Eject
Instant

Ejects an Assimilated hero, damaging nearby enemies.

Erupt Damage: 300

Erupt Radius: 700

Infest
Unit Target Physical

Lifestealer infests the body of a target unit, becoming undetectable inside. He can then explode from the host body, dealing damage to nearby enemies. If the infested unit is an enemy creep or a neutral creep, he can take control of the unit's ability to move and attack, and when consumed the creep will heal Lifestealer's health equal to the creep's current health. Does not work on enemy Heroes. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.

Damage Radius: 700

Damage: 150/275/400

If the infested unit dies before Lifestealer consumes it, no health is gained.

Lifestealer gains experience while under the effects of Infest.

Creeps that are controlled while Infested share Lifestealer's movement speed.

Control
Instant

Lifestealer seizes control of the host body's nervous system, allowing him to issue movement and attack orders from within. Controlled units share Lifestealer's movement speed. Cannot be used on heroes.

Consume
Instant

Lifestealer eats the host body from the inside out, exploding from within.

Lifestealer

25 + 2.4 18 + 1.9 15 + 1.75
Level Base 1 25
Health 150 625 1719
Health Regen 0.25 1.0 2.7
Mana 0 195 741
Mana Regen 0.01 0.3 1.2
Armor -1 1.6 8.1
Attack Rate 1.7 1.44 1.04

Damage

Level Min Avg Max
Base 32 37 42
1 57 62 67
25 115 120 125

Misc

Magic Resistance 25
Attack Range Melee
Movement Speed 315
Turn Rate 1
Day Vision 1800
Night Vision 800
Hero Radius 70