Lifestealer Counter Dota 2 2025: Heroes, Items and Matchups

Lifestealer Dota 2 counter stats: All the Lifestealer info you could want with counter picks, heroes counter, item counter, matchups and more!

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To counter Lifestealer in Dota 2, kite him with ranged or mobile heroes and punish him with magic damage. Silence or disable him when Rage is down, and use AoE stuns to disrupt Infest. Build armor to reduce his physical damage and apply healing reduction to cut his sustain.

Find Heroes To Counter Lifestealer

Below is a list of heroes weaker and stronger than Lifestealer.

Conclusion: Heroes that can counter Lifestealer include: Ancient Apparition, Bane, Beastmaster, Chaos Knight, Clinkz, Terrorblade.

Find Items To Counter Lifestealer

Prioritize choosing items to counter Lifestealer such as: Force Staff, Orchid Malevolence, Manta Style, Heaven’s Halberd, Medallion of Courage, Solar Crest.

Find Tips To Counter Lifestealer ?

Pick kiting heroes: Heroes like Sniper or Windranger can kite Lifestealer and avoid his damage.

Dispel Rage: While Rage is a magic immune ability, heroes with long stuns (e.g., Lion, Bane) can disable him during its cooldown.

Silence him: Silencing Lifestealer (e.g., Silencer, Orchid) prevents him from using his abilities to escape or deal damage effectively.

Pick magic damage heroes: Lifestealer is weak to magic damage, so heroes like Lina or Zeus can burst him down quickly.

Interrupt his infest: Heroes with AoE stuns (e.g., Earthshaker) can prevent Lifestealer from bursting out of his host with Infest.

Build armor: Lifestealer deals primarily physical damage – items like Solar Crest or Crimson Guard reduce his damage output.

Use healing reduction: Items like Spirit Vessel or Urn of Shadows prevent Lifestealer from sustaining through his attacks.

Lifestealer Matchups

Lifestealer Vs…

Ancient Apparition	Win rate: 47.41% Game: 46,311
Bane	Win rate: 47.59% Game: 18,494
Beastmaster	Win rate: 54.19% Game: 4,739
Chaos Knight	Win rate: 52.13% Game: 25,267
Clinkz	Win rate: 45.96% Game: 45,199
Terrorblade	Win rate: 54.18% Game: 10,160
Axe	Win rate: 47.65% Game: 113,197
Dark Willow	Win rate: 51.10% Game: 32,777
Invoker	Win rate: 52.55% Game: 101,961
Techies	Win rate: 51.43% Game: 59,736
Tinker	Win rate: 52.56% Game: 18,317
Ogre Magi	Win rate: 49.65% Game: 105,201