Lifestrike
3200
4s
Effects
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 1.5sx as long for Light Melee hits.
Bonuses
Passive
4s
Passive — works automatically once bought.
16%
Melee Damage
125
Health
48%
Movement slow
120%
Heal on Melee Hit
35%
Melee Hit Heal
2.5s
Slow Duration
Overview
Plan a melee hit you can land safely, then use the slow to keep the next exchange manageable. Recovery is weaker against non-heroes and light hits have a longer cooldown, so farming a wave or tapping quickly is not equivalent to a well-timed heavy hit on a hero.
Stats
9/16/2026 – 9/22/2026- Win rate
- 50.2%
- Purchases
- 271,206
Normal mode · Ranked and unranked · All ranks Deadlock API ·
CostPer 1,000 souls
Components Melee Lifesteal
800 +2400
Health
125
39.1/1k
Heal on Melee Hit
120%
37.5/1k
Melee Hit Heal
35%
10.9/1k
Upgrade path
Components
Item
Lifestrike3200
Lifestrike3200
Spirit
Cooldown4s
Related mechanics
Update history19
Minor Update - 09-16-2026Sep 16, 2026
- Heal on Melee hit increased from 100+1.5 to 120+1.75
- Melee hit heal increased from 30% to 35%
Minor Update - 07-28-2026Jul 28, 2026
- When hitting a trooper and a hero at the same time, it now always prioritizes healing off the hero (same change for Melee Lifesteal)
05-19-2025 UpdateMay 20, 2025
- Heal reduced from 60% to 50%
11-21-2024 UpdateNov 21, 2024
- Lifesteal reduced from 65% to 55%
11-07-2024 UpdateNov 07, 2024
- Bullet resistance increased from 8% to 10%.
Data and APIData and API
identity
- id
- upgrade_boxing_glove
- slug
- lifestrike
- token
- upgrade_boxing_glove
- kind
- upgrade
- updatedAt
- 2026-09-23T07:55:51.356Z
shop
- category
- vitality
- tier
- 3
- cost
- 3200
- groupLabel
- Melee
- filters
- EShopFilterDurability, EShopFilterMelee, EShopFilterHealing
- componentIds
- upgrade_lifestrike_gauntlets
- upgradeIds
- —
properties (9)
| label | key | value |
|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | AbilityCooldown | 4s |
| Movement slow | SlowPercent | 48% |
| Slow Duration | SlowDuration | 2.5s |
| Health | BonusHealth | 125 |
| Heal on Melee Hit | LifestealHeal | 120% |
| Light Melee Cooldown Mult | LightMeleeCooldownMult | 1.5s |
| Melee Damage | BonusMeleeDamagePercent | 16% |
| Melee Hit Heal | LifestealHealPercent | 35% |
| Non Hero Heal Pct | NonHeroHealPct | 40% |
Upgrade path
| lvl | AP | upgrades |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Melee Damage +10, Health +125, Cooldown -3 |