Melee Lifesteal
800
8s
What it does
Your next Melee attack heals you.
This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes.
Cooldown is 1.5sx as long for Light Melee hits.
Innate
Passive
8s
Passive — works automatically once bought.
12%
Melee damage
100
Lifestrike Heal
When to buy & tricks
Melee Lifesteal turns your next punch into a quick top-up, so you can trade hits in lane or melee a creep wave and walk away healthier for only 800 souls. It pays off best on a charged heavy melee — light hits add a longer cooldown, and the heal is only 30% versus non-heroes.
Built by
Best with Venator
~56.3%
build share · win rate when built
Performance
~51.3%
Win rate
16.1%
Build rate
-3.5
vs last patch
27'
avg buy
Win rate by rank
Cost & valueper 1000 souls
Lifestrike Heal
100
125/1k
Upgrade path
This item
Melee Lifesteal800
Melee Lifesteal800
Upgrades into
Spirit scaling
Cooldown8s
Lifestrike Heal100
Related mechanics
Update history1
06-06-2024 UpdateJun 06, 2024
- Visual effects updates for melee lifesteal items
Built-by, win rate, build rate and top hero are sample until the match API is wired in. Effect, cost, value and the build tree are real client data.
Raw dataproperties, shop fields & API
identity
- id
- upgrade_lifestrike_gauntlets
- slug
- melee-lifesteal
- token
- upgrade_lifestrike_gauntlets
- kind
- upgrade
- updatedAt
- 2026-06-06T16:23:38.392Z
shop
- category
- vitality
- tier
- 1
- cost
- 800
- groupLabel
- Melee
- filters
- EShopFilterDurability, EShopFilterMelee, EShopFilterHealing
- componentIds
- —
- upgradeIds
- upgrade_boxing_glove
properties (5)
| label | key | value |
|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | AbilityCooldown | 8s |
| Lifestrike Heal | LifestrikeHeal | 100 |
| Light Melee Cooldown Mult | LightMeleeCooldownMult | 1.5s |
| Melee damage | BonusMeleeDamagePercent | 12% |
| Non Hero Heal Pct | NonHeroHealPct | 30 |
Upgrades
| lvl | AP | upgrades |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Melee damage +12, Cooldown -6 |