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Lifestealer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

January 17, 2013 by Pogo
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Life 'Sonic' Stealer: A Speedy and Stylish Guide to Success

DotA2 Hero: Lifestealer




Hero Skills

Rage

4 8 9 10

Feast

1 3 5 7

Ghoul Frenzy

2 12 13 14

Infest

6 11 16

Talents

15 17 18


Lifestealer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pogo
January 17, 2013


Intro

Pick up your items and JUNGLE so you won't have to worry about any pub***** ruining your laning phase mojo. If you are going to lane, make sure you have a friend tagging along. Preferably a friend with a stun for the nice easy segue into the bloodbaths, but slows are just as magical (read: Venomancer)! However, most people who play Dota have little to no friends (like me) so you're probably going to want to jungle.

CHOKE THE GOLD OUT OF THOSE CREEPS. Chokepoint jungling will speed up your farm! Rush out a quick 3 Branches for even more speediness! Then focus on buying your Hand of Midas!
Hand of Midas allows you to quickly farm up any item you need, along with a nice EXP boost (1.5x). If you want to build up your levels, smack the bigger creeps with your Hand. Alternatively, pimp a smaller creep for quicker gold.
Then perform an early gank on the safe lane to hasten your ricing! After you get the Golden Glove of Greed, buy your Phase Boots or Power Treads and gank some more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I prefer Phase Boots because I'm not a *****.

Return to your home in the jungle and squint a bit because you'll be ricing until you buy your Drums and your Shadow Blade. If you accumulate any surplus gold purchase a quick Crystalys for a dps boost. Gank whenever you feel like it but be remain wary of any enemy ganks!

Midgame

So with your core built, you should be around your midgame depending on your ganks and your efficiency. Participate in teamfights! With your Shadow Blade or Naix Bomb (use this to initiate, it is not just an escape) and Drums (don't forget to activate it) you should be able to pull off a kill or two, hopefully. Your middle name is Sonic, so build into a Sange&Yasha. I prefer to build into Yasha first because, as previously stated, Sonic is Lifestealer's middle name. But if you need some of the extra health, buy Sange first. A Forcestaff is next because its fun sliding around the map covered in the blood and entrails of your enemies. A Blinkdagger is also a viable alternative provided you have the gold for it. You can Rosh with your team at this point, too.

Both Forcestaff and Blinkdagger are used to quickly close distances for more facesmashing. Obviously however, you have got to be smart. Sure, you can take some risks. If you use this guide, you're no Mama-hugging COWARD!!!!!!!!!!! And besides, perhaps one of your pub**** teammates could pull something out of his/her (most likely his) *** and help you out a bit.

The Aftermath

At this point, build whatever you want.

Daedalus to give you an erection every time you crit. Assault Armor to rub it in their faces. Mjollnir to become the God of Thunder. Orchid to become the meanest flower in the land. Manta Style to become Magina. Vlads for a nice cloak that accessorizes nicely with your pimp hand. Or Dagon to become the strongest wizard in the realm.

Conclusion

A build for the fun of it. Mostly oriented around jungling with a gank here and there to spice up your boring Chinese life. The MS is important so you can be extremely mobile around the map, and stick your dirty golden hands into whomever's face you want.

Early game, stick to farming the jungle and ganking the safe lane, and or the middle lane. Once you have your core built, gank more and and dunk some people in the team fights. Late game, buy whatever you want to win.

-flame shields on-

GLHF

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