Lifestealer

Trivia

 * Lifestealer's fun/alternate name in DotA was Gollum, a significant character in the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" book series.
 * The references to Gollum are kept up in Dota 2:
 * Just like written in Lifestealer's lore, Lifestealer is no longer the former self he was, but rather a possessed body. Gollum has a similar story. Once being a Hobbit, his soul got corrupted by the ring, turning into the Gollum he is now.
 * Both Lifestealer and Gollum sometimes speak from themselves in plural form ("we", instead of "I"). They also talk to or about a "master".
 * His rivalry line towards vo_life_stealer_lifest_rival_15.mp3 "Tidehunter…I love a bit of raw fish now and again." refers to Gollum's hate towards stewing - or the preparing in general - of fish. Gollum prefers his fish raw and "wriggling".


 * shares the same name with the passive upgrade for the Ghoul units of "Warcraft 3", an Undead unit whom Lifestealer was based off of in DotA. Both abilities increase the respective user's attack speed, but the similarities end there since Lifestealer's passive has a slow effect, while the Ghoul's passive grants bonus movement speed.