Win Rate
W:L 0.9749.3%
1.0MW / 1.1ML
Pick Rate
0.8%
of vitality purchases
Matches
2.1M
tracked sample
Slot Rank
#44
of 54 vitality items
Unique Players
414.2K
distinct buyers
Melee Damage
12%
Cooldown
8s
When this item is typically bought
Avg Buy
4:12min
Game Progress
11%
Avg Sell
25:06min
Held For
~20:54min
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Pick share & win rate by purchase minute
Net worth at purchase · pick share & win rate
Performance across skill brackets
Patch-to-patch performance
Eternus mains of heroes that build this item
Most-favorited published builds featuring this item
Punchy McPuncherson Build by Seba - 8/1/24
Abrams build · v18
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Calico build · v239
ABL (TWITCH ABLKZ)
Drifter build · v52
Abrams - Gun-Initiator [59% WR] [tracklock.gg]
Abrams build · v1676
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Abrams build · v30
eido calico
Calico build · v33
Data-driven analysis
Melee Lifesteal delivers 12% melee damage and 8s cooldown. These bonuses determine which heroes and builds below actually benefit from the slot, and why the win rates on certain heroes skew so far above or below the item's average.
Melee Lifesteal performs strongest on Victor (54.6% WR across 7,400 games), Graves (52.8% WR across 2,383 games), and Ivy (52.1% WR across 6,970 games). These heroes convert the item's stat bonuses into real win rate gains, usually because their kit scales linearly with the stats the item provides. If you play one of these heroes, this item belongs in your core build.
In terms of raw pickup volume, Melee Lifesteal shows up most on Drifter (364,902 games), Calico (363,153 games), and Abrams (304,546 games). High pickup does not always mean high performance, so cross reference this list with the best heroes card above before blindly copying a build.
Melee Lifesteal is a base tier purchase with no prerequisites, so you can buy it directly from the shop without stacking components first. Melee Lifesteal upgrades into Lifestrike, so picking it early sets up a direct path into a late game power spike instead of locking in a dead end purchase.
Melee Lifesteal sits at a 49.3% win rate and has barely moved over the last few weeks, which means the item is at its steady state pick rate in the current patch.
Melee Lifesteal performs roughly the same across every ranked bracket, so the build advice on this page holds from Initiate all the way up to Eternus.