Lifestrike Stats & Best Heroes
Players who buy Lifestrike win 51.7% of 64,227 tracked Phantom 1+ matches in this season, and it shows up in 4.7% of all builds. Refreshed daily from live match data.
- Win Rate
- 51.7%
- #73 of 156
- Bought
- 4.7%
- by 8,776 players
- Avg Buy Time
- 17:04
- into the match
- Matches
- 64,227
- tracked
What Lifestrike Does
Its effect in the shop, and where it sits in the upgrade tree.
Effect
Tier 3 VitalityYour 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 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits.
Upgrade Path
Win rates · Phantom 1+Builds from
Melee LifestealT1 · 80050.2% win
This item
- LifestrikeT3 · 3,20051.7% win
Corrupted Lifestrike
The Broker trades Lifestrike for a corrupted version: stronger stats, plus penalties rolled once per match.
The Broker is a merchant who shows up around minute 30 of a normal match and again roughly every 15 minutes after. He swaps a tier 3 or 4 item for its corrupted version. In Street Brawl, every player gets to corrupt an item after the round 5 item draft.
A corrupted item keeps its effect with stronger stats, and takes on penalties from a fixed set. They are rolled once per match, so every corrupted item in that match carries the same ones.
Stat bonuses
7 strongerPossible penalties
Tier 3 values · 11 can rollWin rates of players who bought each version, in Phantom 1+ matches since the City Never Sleeps update (September 29, 2026). The Broker only trades from about minute 30, so corrupted items only show up in longer matches; read the difference with that in mind.
Who Should Buy Lifestrike
The heroes it works best on, and the items it is built with, in Phantom 1+ matches.
Best Heroes for Lifestrike
by win rate after buying it- 1
Yamato13,563 matches- Win rate
- 53.4%
- Bought
- 36%
- 2
Abrams7,359 matches- Win rate
- 53.1%
- Bought
- 18%
- 3
Apollo2,831 matches- Win rate
- 53.4%
- Bought
- 11%
- 4
Calico3,081 matches- Win rate
- 52.8%
- Bought
- 6%
- 5
Drifter5,976 matches- Win rate
- 52.2%
- Bought
- 10%
- 6
Billy11,013 matches- Win rate
- 51.0%
- Bought
- 31%
- 7
Viscous5,151 matches- Win rate
- 51.4%
- Bought
- 20%
- 8
Bebop3,977 matches- Win rate
- 50.5%
- Bought
- 7%
Often Built with Lifestrike
in the same buildLifestrike Win Rate Trends
Over time, by rank, and by the minute it is bought.