Bloodseeker

Strygwyr the Bloodseeker is a melee agility hero imbued with dreadful powers to fuel violence and rip enemies apart in the heat of close combat.

He can drive targets into a maddened Bloodrage, increasing the damage of their attacks, and allowing them to heal their wounds by killing their enemies. He can also cast Bloodrage on himself turning him into a nuker. His speed is unmatched when he senses the blood of the dying, and from this perception none can escape. By using Blood Rite, he can create a ritual field where his foes will be silenced and damaged in the process. His ultimate, Rupture, sunders the skin of his victims, causing them to trail their life force behind if they dare to flee.

Tips

 * Bloodseeker, whilst being an efficient jungler and dual laner, is also a prime choice for solo mid, as it gives him easy access to the side lanes for ganking.
 * Reaching level six as quickly as possible should be a priority of the player; ganks should not usually be attempted before he has his ultimate.
 * Rupture is one of the best abilities to intercept an enemy hero that is chasing you or your allies, especially since it goes through spell immunity and does full damage regardless of armor and magic resistance. Heroes with high mobility like Anti-Mage, Lycan, Luna, Queen of Pain or Night Stalker suffer devastating damage when Ruptured as they are chasing or running away.
 * When ganking it is sometimes best to save your Rupture for when your target begins running away rather than right at the beginning of the gank.
 * Using Blood Rite in conjunction with Rupture allows for more precise aiming of the skill.
 * Each individual Meepo will add to the Thirst bonus stack.
 * Skull Basher or Abyssal Blade and even Eul's Scepter of Divinity can opt to be taken if your team lacks disables and your enemies are using Teleportation spells like Town Portal Scrolls to escape your onslaught.
 * Force Staff, in conjunction with Rupture can cause significant burst damage (120/240/360) to enemy heroes by forcing them to move. It also serves as a quick escape tool, something that Bloodseeker does not naturally possess. However, it should be noted that the burst damage is relatively little to the level of your enemies and the level of your ultimate, and may just potentially push your target to safety. Urn of Shadows combined with Bloodrage deals even more dmg for less money.
 * Helm of the Dominator can introduce interesting new utility if Bloodrage is used as a steroid.
 * Shadow Blade can be used to surprise your enemies, especially when they are alone. Backstab damage, movement speed and attack speed boosts your hunting ability along with your Thirst.
 * Thirst can reveal any low HP heroes, allowing Invoker, or other heroes with global spells, to finish any heroes on the map global abilities. It is particularly efficient in early game against junglers.
 * Watch it for Storm Spirit! His Ball Lightning makes him completely invulnerable and he can easily travel to a safe place after you've ruptured him with it and suffer no damage at all, completely wasting the ultimate. If you wish to gank him, do it before he reaches level 6, attempt to silence him first, or simply try to catch him with no mana. If you can't fulfill any of those requirements, it'd be best to simply not bother to use the ultimate on him. This same caution should be applied with heroes with escape mechanisms that allow them to become invulnerable, such as Faceless Void, and Morphling.

Trivia

 * With his ability, Bloodseeker is the only hero which can reach the game's ultimate movement speed limit of 10,000 movement speed. However, this is not achievable in a normal match.
 * This part of Blood Rite's Blood Rite cast.mp3 sound effect makes use of Blod acknow 03.mp3 this voice line of Bloodseeker.
 * Despite the character having an Aztec or Incan motif, Bloodseeker's name—Strygwyr—is likely a Welsh-influenced rendering of the Romanian word "strigoi," meaning poltergeist, often used in folklore in reference to vampires.
 * Bloodseeker's response Blod ability thirst 03.mp3 "Blood is in the air." is most likely a reference to the song "Love is in the air".
 * Bloodseeker's response Blod respawn 10.mp3 "Don't be negative… be positive!" is a reference to the blood types B-Positive and B-Negative.