Lifestealer/Counters

Bad against...

 * prevents Lifestealer from lifestealing and healing with Infest in fights.


 * can disable Lifestealer through Rage.


 * pierces Rage and can disable Lifestealer in fights.


 * Chaos Knight's Level 20 Talent: Reality Rift Pierces Spell Immunity allows for quick bursting down of Lifestealer during his Rage.
 * Lifestealer has no way of dealing with Chaos Knight's illusions.


 * Clinkz relies heavily on the physical damage provided by, which completely overrides the capabilities of Rage.
 * Clinkz, by nature will often build items that Lifestealer hates dealing with such as physical damage items like or  and instant silences or hexes from  and.


 * Although Lifestealer can avoid with  and, Luna's physical damage from  and  can be enough to deal with him.
 * is a common pick on Luna, which can help her dispel slows from and . In addition, Lifestealer is not good against illusions created by.


 * Terrorblade's illusions and ranged attacks in can burst down Lifestealer very quickly.
 * Terrorblade has low health due to his low strength gain, which reduces Feast's lifesteal and damage.
 * Terrorblade's high armor makes Lifestealer's useless.
 * Because Lifestealer usually walks around with high HP in fights due to his lifesteal (and sometimes ), he is a great target for Terrorblade's.


 * Lifestealer has no way of dealing with Phantom Lancer's illusions.
 * Phantom Lancer also commonly builds, which poses a large problem to Lifestealer and his low mana pool.


 * allows Slark to attack Lifestealer for its duration without any way for Lifestealer to fight back.
 * Slark commonly buys a, which can break Lifestealer's Feast, severely diminishing his damage output and lifesteal.


 * Troll Warlord can manfight lifestealer at any stage of the game thanks to his high attack speed and miss chance from.
 * has lower cool down, Troll can liberally apply it on Lifestealer, even if the later try to dispel it with Rage.
 * pierces through spell immunity, allows troll to hold lifestealer in place for extended period.
 * deals minimal damage to Troll Warlord, since Troll will build mostly for damage and survivability rather than tankiness in general.


 * Lifestealer can't fight Ursa in any stage of the game because of his high physical damage with and.


 * Though can be blocked by, it can be used to lower Lifestealer's already low armor, making him even more vulnerable to physical damage while the  is on cooldown.
 * Lifestealer has no strong disables on his own and thus he cannot catch up with nor escape from Weaver when he uses.
 * Weaver is a hero who relies mainly on direct attacks in order to deal damage, which means Lifestealer's will have little effect against him.


 * and  can easily allow Windranger to kite Lifestealer and do good amounts of damage in the process.

Others

 * Heroes with high physical damage can damage Lifestealer more than he can heal:, , ,,
 * Heroes with illusions:, ,
 * Heroes with summons:, ,.
 * can withstand against Lifestealer's physical damage due to his high armor and strength.
 * Disables that pierces Lifestealer's spell immunity granted by Rage:, ,.
 * Heroes with escape abilities :      can kite Lifestealer due to him having no lockdown
 * Lifestealer, at even farm levels, will often fall against other man-fighting non-Strength cores like, or  as he cannot truly rely on sustain from.
 * If there is nothing to to 's  will Demolish him
 * 's goes through

Items

 * is very useful to kite Lifestealer in team-fight.
 * If placed before will make Lifestealer unable to use his abilities in a teamfight.
 * is a good protection against Lifestealer as he relies mostly on direct attacks to deal damage and has no other ways of dealing damage outside from Infest and Lifestealer is not a hero who loves going for that allows attacking enemy heroes affected by .  can be later upgraded into, which can disarm Lifestealer and make him more vulnerable to magic damage, but remember that Lifestealer can dispel effect of  with Rage.
 * Lifestealer has no way of dealing with illusions and the extra damage from the illusions can damage him more than he can heal.
 * gives evasion and an undispellable disarm, making Lifestealer useless if placed before Rage.
 * or, , and other armor items are useful against Lifestealer's physical-only damage.
 * breaks Feast and gives an escape tool from Lifestealer.

Good against...

 * Feast makes it impossible to put Lifestealer's health for a and also deals high damage to Axe due to his naturally high health.
 * However, Lifestealer's Rage can be pierced by, and.


 * Rage protects Lifestealer from all of Dark Willow's abilities.


 * Rage protects Lifestealer nearly from all of Invoker's spells.


 * Rage protects Lifestealer from all of Techies' magic damage and disables and dispels 's debuff.
 * Usually teams will have a hard time pushing high-ground against Techies, but Lifestealer can just pop Rage and walk uphill without fear of Techies.


 * Lifestealer's Rage makes him immune to all of Tinker's damage and debuffs.
 * Lifestealer can infest any mobile hero (teams usually pick one against Tinker), which ensures that Tinker will die if he is caught.


 * Lifestealer's Rage makes him immune to all of Ogre's magical debuffs and also dispels them.
 * Ogre's as hero with great durability and high health is great target for Lifestealer in any stage of the game, thanks to Feast.


 * can protect Lifestealer from most of the Silencer's abilities with the exception of.
 * If Lifestealer can himself on any unit, he can literally avoid being affected by.
 * Against a carry Silencer, upgraded  can disarm him and allow Lifestealer to attack Silencer from within, even if Silencer is spell immune.
 * from can severely slow down Silencer, and allow Lifestealer and his team to heal themselves by attacking Silencer.

Others

 * Heroes who have most or all their abilities (damage or disable) unable to pierce spell immunity:, , ,.
 * Gankers should play cautiously when doing their job, as their victim might be Infested.
 * With upgraded Infest, Lifestealer can use it on enemy heroes to attack them and disarm them from inside, even if they are spell immune, which can give him the edge over the heroes he's weak against like, ,  or.

Items

 * 's creep falls victim to Infest, healing Lifestealer and feeding him easy gold.

Works well with...

 * Clockwerk is a good ally to Infest. Wait until your ally has trapped an opponent inside his to pop out and make an easy kill.
 * He also provides good initiation which Lifestealer may lack with.


 * She is a good target for Infest as she gives a perfect gap closer with and a follow up magic burst.


 * If Infested, Riki is great for traversing the map quickly and undetected. He is also able to close the gap between Lifestealer and his target and slow them with, which if coupled with Open Wounds will grant a 90% slow, making the kill exponentially easier.


 * greatly increases Lifestealer's physical damage.
 * Slardar is a common carrier and a good target for Infest.


 * Like many others, Spirit Breaker is a great ally to Infest as he provides a perfect gap closer with and a follow up disable with.


 * Like many others, Storm Spirit is a great ally to Infest as he provides a perfect gap closer with and a follow up disable with.


 * Especially Sand King with Aghanim Scepter, Lifestealer's infest bomb can be extremely deadly.

Others

 * Heroes with high mobility and good initiation are good targets to Infest and ambush enemies with.

Items

 * adds mobility to Infest.

List of heroes that counter Lifestealer, and list of heroes that work well with Lifestealer.

Lifestealer/Противостоящие 噬魂鬼/克制