Vitality item · tier 3 · 3,200 souls · passive

Lifestrike stats, win rate and best heroes

Your Melee Attack applies Movement Slow and heals you for a percentage of the Melee Damage dealt plus a fixed amount. This heal is 40% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits.

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Bgrade

Win rate

50.3%

24 of 46 at tier 3

Against its tier

−0.3

points; tier avg 50.6%

Bought by

12.2%

of players

Bought at

~18:29

average

Cost

3,200

souls

Bought in

2.0M

player games, 7 days

The read on Lifestrike

Lifestrike is a tier 3 vitality item costing 3,200 souls. About 1 player in 8 bought it in the last 7 days, and they won 50.3% of those games: 24th of 46 tier 3 items, where the average is 50.6%.

It's usually bought around 18 minutes. Players who bought it before 13 minutes won 53.9%; those who bought it from 23 minutes on won 48.3%.

Billy (86% of games), Abrams (70% of games) and Silver (65% of games) buy it most often.

It builds from Melee Lifesteal.

What Lifestrike does

Stats

Bonus Health: +125
Melee Damage: +16%

Passive

Your Melee Attack applies Movement Slow and heals you for a percentage of the Melee Damage dealt plus a fixed amount.

This heal is 40% effective vs non-heroes.

Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits.

Move Speed: 48%
Heal on Melee Hit: 120
Melee Hit Heal: 35%
Slow Duration: 2.5s
Cooldown: 4s

From the game's own tooltip, as of 5 Nov.

Win rate by the minute it's bought

Each point is every player who bought Lifestrike in that minute of the game. Earlier buyers usually win more: getting a big item early means a player is already ahead, so read this as when it's bought, not what it does.

Heroes who buy Lifestrike

Hero	Buys it in	Won	Bought at	Builds
Billy	86% of games	50.0%	~16:01	Billy build →
Abrams	70% of games	53.6%	~19:12	Abrams build →
Silver	65% of games	47.1%	~17:15	Silver build →
Yamato	52% of games	49.0%	~18:15	Yamato build →
Drifter	49% of games	52.0%	~20:19	Drifter build →
Calico	46% of games	49.7%	~21:50	Calico build →
Apollo	39% of games	49.8%	~19:15	Apollo build →
Viscous	36% of games	49.4%	~19:12	Viscous build →
Bebop	11% of games	50.2%	~19:34	Bebop build →
Baba	9% of games	55.6%	~20:46	Baba build →

The heroes whose players buy Lifestrike most often, with the win rate in those games.

Builds from

Melee Lifesteal

Lifestrike in the patch notes

Every patch →

16 September 20262 changes
- Heal on Melee hit increased from 100+1.5 to 120+1.75
- Melee hit heal increased from 30% to 35%
28 July 20261 change
- When hitting a trooper and a hero at the same time, it now always prioritizes healing off the hero (same change for Melee Lifesteal)
6 March 20262 changes
- Heal on melee hit reduced from 160 to 100 + 1.5/boon
- Heal on melee hit percentage reduced from 50% to 30% + 0.5%/boon
7 November 20241 change
- Bullet resistance increased from 8% to 10%.