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N`aix, the Lifestealer | |
Play "Oh Master, behold all these lives for the taking!" | |
Role: | Carry / Durable / Jungler / Escape / Disabler |
Lore Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs N aix, the Lifestealer In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay : | In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay in shackles, plotting his escape. He shared his cell with a gibbering creature known as N`aix, a thief cursed by the Vile Council with longevity, so that its life-sentence for theft and cozening might be as punishing as possible. Over the years, its chains had corroded, along with its sanity; N`aix retained no memory of its former life and no longer dreamt of escape. Seeing a perfect vessel for his plans, the wizard wove a spell of Infestation and cast his life-force into N`aix`s body, intending to compel N`aix to sacrifice itself in a frenzy of violence while the mage returned to his body and crept away unnoticed. Instead, the wizard found his mind caught in a vortex of madness so powerful that it swept away his plans and shattered his will. Jarred to consciousness by the sudden infusion of fresh life, N`aix woke from its nightmare of madness and obeyed the disembodied voice that filled its skull, which had only the one thought: To escape. In that moment Lifestealer was born. The creature cast its mind into dungeon guards and soldiers, compelling them to open locks and cut down their companions, opening an unobstructed path to freedom while feeding on their lives. Lifestealer still wears the broken shackles as a warning that none may hold him, but on the inside remains a prisoner. Two minds inhabit the single form--a nameless creature of malevolent cunning, and the Master whose voice he pretends to obey. |
Voice: | Bruce Miles ( Responses Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs v • d • e Voice responses Hero responses Abaddon Alchemist Ancient Apparition Anti-Mage Arc Warden Axe Bane ) |
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No Target
Self
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- Interrupts Lifestealer`s channeling Warlock channeling Upheaval Channeling an ability causes the caster to stop acting for the duration of the spell. Channeled spells may be ended when the channeling unit takes another action or is interrupted by another spells upon cast.
- Applies spell immunity Spell Immunity Ally Interactions Enemy Interactions Default buff iconPlay Error sound “ Play Magic shall not prevail! Click to listen— Anti-Mage ” Spell immunity (formerly known as magic immunity) is a modifier for the duration and a basic dispel Dispel Removable buffs Removable debuffs A dispel is the term used for a forced removal of status effects. Dispels usually come together with other mechanics and are rarely seen as upon cast.
- During Rage, Lifestealer cannot be affected by Ghost Scepter Item Changelogs Ghost ScepterB Imbues the wielder with a ghostly presence, allowing them to evade physical damage. Cost1500 Bought FromArcane Active Ghost Form Bonus +5 Strength+5 Agility+5 Intelligence Disassemble? No Alert or by Ethereal Blade Item Changelogs Ethereal Blade A flickering blade of a ghastly nature, it is capable of dealing damage in both magical and physical planes. Cost4700 Bought FromWeapons Active Ether Blast Bonus +10 . The buffs get removed immediately.
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Enemies / Self
Physical
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- Cannot damage and lifesteal Lifesteal allows the attacking unit to gain health when damaging an enemy, which includes any attack modifier with attack damage. The lifesteal ability can be gained via items, passive abilities or the auras of other off of wards This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit. Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against , buildings Buildings are special units that are immune to most spells, use structure armor, and are immobile. Destroying a building rewards you with a bounty, similar to most creeps or heroes. Destroying towers rewards the entire , Roshan For Roshan as he appears in holiday events, see Roshan (Diretide 2012) and Roshan (Diretide 2013) Roshan Ancient Jungle Creep Level 30 Health 5500 Health regeneration 20 Armor 15 Magic resistance 55% Attack damage 65 and allied units.
- The damage is directly added to Lifestealer`s attack damage. It can be reduced with e.g. Enfeeble and also be increased with e.g. Empower.
- On top of the skill`s own lifesteal, Lifestealer additionally can lifesteal the damage dealt by this ability with other sources of lifesteal. It also can crit Critical strike is a passive ability that gives a chance to deal bonus damage on a successful attack. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Stacking 3 Interaction with other passive abilities 4 Sources of chance-based critical strike or cleave Cleave causes a melee unit s attacks to deal a portion of its damage in an area in front of it. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Sources of cleave 3 Splash 4 Sources of splash 5 See .
- The heal is fully independent from the bonus damage dealt, meaning it always heals for the full amount, regardless of how much damage Feast did to the target.
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Enemies / Allies
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- Slows for 70%/70%/60%/50%/30%/10%/10%/10%, decreasing one step per second.
- Casting an instantly killing ability on a unit affected by Open Wounds heals the caster based on the target`s remaining health.
- Does not heal enemies damaging their affected ally, or the affected unit through self-inflicted damage.
- Stacks additively with other sources of lifesteal Lifesteal allows the attacking unit to gain health when damaging an enemy, which includes any attack modifier with attack damage. The lifesteal ability can be gained via items, passive abilities or the auras of other .
- Does not heal from damage flagged as HP Removal.
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Self
Magical
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- Applies a basic dispel Dispel Removable buffs Removable debuffs A dispel is the term used for a forced removal of status effects. Dispels usually come together with other mechanics and are rarely seen as on Lifestealer upon cast.
- Lifestealer is invulnerable, hidden and spell immune during Infest.
- Lifestealer still gains experience and gold during Infest.
- During Infest, all three spells of Lifestealer are turned inactive, Infest is replaced by Consume, and Control is added.
- During Infest, Lifestealer is periodically moved to the host`s current position. This affects multiple things such as:
- When Infest ends (be it via Consume, or the host dies), Lifestealer appears at the host`s location.
- Every aura Lifestealer has (including Gem of True Sight and Radiance) affects units around the host.
- Effects which react on heroes` presence, such as Smoke of Deceit, Marksmanship or Blur, react on the host`s presence.
- Relocate and Recall force Lifestealer out of the infested unit, dealing area damage.
- Test of Faith (Teleport) gets dispelled as soon as Lifestealer casts Infest.
- Can be cast on, but cannot take control over allied heroes and allied creep-heroes.
- When on level 2 or higher, can be cast on and can take control over ancient creeps.
- Cannot be cast on Roshan For Roshan as he appears in holiday events, see Roshan (Diretide 2012) and Roshan (Diretide 2013) Roshan Ancient Jungle Creep Level 30 Health 5500 Health regeneration 20 Armor 15 Magic resistance 55% Attack damage 65 , couriers, wards This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit. Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against , buildings Buildings are special units that are immune to most spells, use structure armor, and are immobile. Destroying a building rewards you with a bounty, similar to most creeps or heroes. Destroying towers rewards the entire , enemy heroes and enemy creep-heroes.
- The infested unit receives the Infest Effect modifier, which creates the visual effect above it, visible to allies only.
- Once purchased, Lifestealer cannot drop or sell his Aghanim`s Scepter.
No Target
Allied Units / Enemy Units
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- Appears when Infest is cast and stays until Lifestealer gets out of the host.
- The cast of Control is not registered as a spell cast and thus does not proc any on-cast effects.
- Cannot take control over heroes, creep-heroes and units already owned by Lifestealer. All other infestable units can be controlled.
- When the host cannot be controlled, casting this spell has no effect.
- Mechanics upon cast:
- This ability turns inactive from Lifestealer`s HUD (it is inactive when the unit is under Lifestealer`s control in general).
- Lifestealer gets de-selected and the infested unit gets selected automatically.
- The unit also gains the Consume ability, allowing Lifestealer to consume it from the unit`s HUD.
- The unit`s mana gets fully restored. Its health stays unaffected.
- Constantly sets the unit`s movement speed to Lifestealer`s current movement speed, regardless of its default movement speed.
- The unit`s ownership changes to that of Lifestealer, so upon casting Consume, no bounty is granted and it counts as a deny.
- If the infested unit was an enemy unit, it appears as an ally for the enemy (its health bar appears green to them).
- Be that as it may, since its ownership changes to that of Lifestealer`s, enemies can attack it by ordering it. It is not automatically attacked.
- Mechanics when an enemy takes control over the creep ( Enchant, Holy Persuasion, Helm of the Dominator):
- The Consume ability disappears from its HUD, so Lifestealer cannot consume it from its HUD anymore.
- The ownership changes from Lifestealer`s to that of the enemy which took control over it, so Lifestealer cannot control it anymore.
- The unit`s health bar color changes from green to red for the enemy, despite being an ally to them now.
- Casting Control again as Lifestealer has no effect. He cannot take back the control over the unit.
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N`aix, the Lifestealer, is a vicious melee Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by Strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To hero Main Mechanics Attributes Table Release Dates Grid Layout Heroes are the essential element of Dota 2, as the course of the match is dependent on their intervention. During whose abilities give him the power to bring down durable heroes quickly, while sustaining his health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be. Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life by leeching the very life of his enemies.
The main role of the Lifestealer is to fulfill the job of a formidable carry, he is able to do so by restoring his life through his abilities. Feast is his passive ability and his signature, every attack he lands consumes the flesh and blood of his victim, dealing bonus physical damage while regenerating his own health. With Feast, he can munch down strong tanks. N`aix can send himself into a bloody Rage, increasing his attack speed, while granting a short period of spell immunity Spell Immunity Ally Interactions Enemy Interactions Default buff iconPlay Error sound “ Play Magic shall not prevail! Click to listen— Anti-Mage ” Spell immunity (formerly known as magic immunity) is a modifier . Open Wounds tears the enemy, causing the prey`s wounds to open, bleeding their life essence, allowing Lifestealer and his allies to feast down as well as greatly slowing them to a crawl. Rage and Open Wounds allows Lifestealer to brutally rip his victim apart, feasting on their health in the process. When in need, N`aix can use Infest to hide himself inside his allies or any non-hero unit, laying dormant, until he is ready to come out, devouring the flesh from the inside, killing the non-hero unit, bursting out the chunks of flesh and bones of his unfortunate host, damaging foes around him and ambushing them with carnivorous savagery.
The Lifestealer is a monstrous beast of gluttony and greed, bent on stealing the lives of every living creature he encounters, violently killing them to sate the Lifestealer`s terrifying thirst and hunger.
N`aix, the Lifestealer
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In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay in shackles, plotting his escape. He shared his cell with a gibbering creature known as N`aix, a thief cursed by the Vile Council with longevity, so that its life-sentence for theft and cozening might be as punishing as possible. Over the years, its chains had corroded, along with its sanity; N`aix retained no memory of its former life and no longer dreamt of escape. Seeing a perfect vessel for his plans, the wizard wove a spell of Infestation and cast his life-force into N`aix`s body, intending to compel N`aix to sacrifice itself in a frenzy of violence while the mage returned to his body and crept away unnoticed. Instead, the wizard found his mind caught in a vortex of madness so powerful that it swept away his plans and shattered his will. Jarred to consciousness by the sudden infusion of fresh life, N`aix woke from its nightmare of madness and obeyed the disembodied voice that filled its skull, which had only the one thought: To escape. In that moment Lifestealer was born. The creature cast its mind into dungeon guards and soldiers, compelling them to open locks and cut down their companions, opening an unobstructed path to freedom while feeding on their lives. Lifestealer still wears the broken shackles as a warning that none may hold him, but on the inside remains a prisoner. Two minds inhabit the single form⃢₀ₔa nameless creature of malevolent cunning, and the Master whose voice he pretends to obey.
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Aghanim`s Scepter Abilities
This hero is upgradeable by Aghanim`s Scepter. The scepter grants the Assimilate ability.
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