Melee Lifesteal
Tier 1 · Vitality · Passive
Melee Lifesteal is a tier 1 vitality item costing 800 souls. Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Games in which it was bought win 49.5% of the time across 2.2M matches.
Stat bonuses
The bonuses this item grants when bought.
| Stat | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Bonus Melee Damage Percent | 12 |
| Ability Cooldown | -6 |
Item properties
From client version 6712.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Cast Range | 0m |
| Charges | 0 |
| Cooldown | 8s |
| Charge Delay | -1s |
| Melee Damage | 12% |
| Channel Move Speed | -1m |
| Heal on Melee Hit | 100 |
| Light Melee Cooldown Mult | 1.5 |
| Non Hero Heal Pct | 30 |
Builds into
- Lifestrike — tier 3, 3,200 souls
What Valve has been arguing with
The stats that have moved most across patches. Nobody else publishes these — they need per-patch history to draw.
Disable Value
Channel Move Speed
Ability Cooldown Between Charge
Patch history
Every recorded change to Melee Lifesteal, newest first.
| Patch | Stat | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Weapon Info | changed |
| 2026-09-29 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2026-06-03 | Provided Property Type | MODIFIER_VALUE_BASE_MELEE_DAMAGE_PERCENTMODIFIER_VALUE_MELEE_DAMAGE_INCREASEchanged |
| 2026-02-13 | Shop Image Small | https://assets-bucket.deadlock-api.com/assets-api-res/images/items/vitality/melee_lifesteal_sm.png—changed |
| 2026-02-13 | Shop Image Small Webp | https://assets-bucket.deadlock-api.com/assets-api-res/images/items/vitality/melee_lifesteal_sm.webp—changed |
| 2026-01-30 | Desc | Your next <span class="highlight">Melee</span> attack <span class="highlight">heals you</span>. <span class="diminish"><br><br>This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. <br>Cooldown is 2x as long for Light Melee hits.</span>Your next <span class="highlight">Melee</span> attack <span class="highlight">heals you</span>. <span class="diminish"><br><br>This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. <br>Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits.</span>changed |
| 2026-01-30 | Light Melee Cooldown Mult | 21.5changed |
| 2026-01-30 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Disable Value | 0-1changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Class Name | scale_function_single_statscale_function_ability_chargeschanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Specific Stat Scale Type | EMaxChargesIncrease—changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Disable Value | 0-2changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Class Name | scale_function_single_statscale_function_ability_recharge_timechanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Specific Stat Scale Type | ETechCooldownBetweenChargeUses—changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Subclass Name | AbilityCooldownBetweenCharge_scale_functionscale_function_ability_recharge_timechanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Ability Cooldown Between Charge | 0-1changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Postfix | m/smchanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Upgrades | changed |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Cast Delaychanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Cast Rangechanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Channel Durationchanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Chargeschanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Cooldownchanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Charge Delaychanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Durationchanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Melee Damagechanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Channel Move Speed | 50-1changed |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Heal on Melee Hitchanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Spirit Powerchanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Weapon Damagechanged |
| 2025-08-18 | M Bullet Speed Curve | changed |
| 2025-07-04 | Light Melee Cooldown Mult | changed |
| 2025-07-04 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2025-07-04 | Desc | Your next <span class="highlight">Melee</span> attack <span class="highlight">heals you</span>. You heal for 30% of the value against non-heroes.Your next <span class="highlight">Melee</span> attack <span class="highlight">heals you</span>. <span class="diminish"><br><br>This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. <br>Cooldown is 2x as long for Light Melee hits.</span>changed |
| 2025-07-04 | Specific Stat Scale Type | ETechCooldownEItemCooldownchanged |
| 2025-05-08 | Added to the game | changed |
Win rate is the share of matches won by players who bought this item. It is context, not causation: strong players buy strong items, and the item does not earn all of the credit.