Lifesteal
- Lifesteal
Damage dealt also heals your hero.
Lifesteal is an ability which causes damage dealt by a card to also restore that much Health to the controlling player's hero. Lifesteal minions on the battlefield are marked by a broken heart at the bottom of their portraits.
The Lifesteal mechanic was first introduced in Goblins vs Gnomes on the card Mistress of Pain (later renamed Queen of Pain). It was officially keyworded in Knights of the Frozen Throne. Prior to Patch 9.0.0.20457, Lifesteal was represented by the text "Damage dealt by this minion also heals your hero".
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- Whenever a Lifesteal card or Hero Power deals damage, it will restore the exact same amount of Health to its controlling hero too.
- This includes minions with Battlecry, Deathrattle, and triggered effects that deal damage.[1]
- Health restoration from Lifesteal is applied after the Lifesteal source deals damage.
- If a hero deals Lifesteal damage while also taking lethal damage, the Lifesteal heal will save the hero if it would be enough to restore them to 1 health or more (or, put another way, if the damage taken minus the Lifesteal heal is less than the hero's health).
- For example, if a rogue with 5 health remaining equipped with a Kingsbane which has been granted Lifesteal (by Leeching Poison) attacks Dr. Boom, the rogue will survive if Kingsbane has at least 3 attack.
- If Betrayal is cast upon a minion with Lifesteal, the Lifesteal effect will activate once for each minion hit.
- If a Lifesteal card deals damage to a minion protected by Divine Shield, it will deal 0 damage and thus also restore 0 Health, while also removing the Divine Shield.[2]
- As with all healing effects, if combined with Auchenai Soulpriest, Embrace the Shadow or Auchenai Phantasm, Lifesteal cards will instead deal damage to the controlling hero. Because this damage is not counted as damage dealt by the Lifesteal card itself, however, the effect will not trigger a second time.
Cards with Lifesteal[edit | edit source]
This section lists cards which have the ability to Lifesteal or can gain the ability to Lifesteal when played.
Collectible[edit | edit source]
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Aldrachi Warblades | Free | Weapon | Demon Hunter | 3 | 2 | 2 | Lifesteal The ancient Aldrachi were the greatest warriors in the universe. Imagine their power if they'd put the handle at the END of the blade. | ||||||||||||
Soul Cleave | Free | Spell | Demon Hunter | 3 | Lifesteal Deal 2 damage to two random enemy minions The way to a demon's soul is through its stomach. | ||||||||||||||
Felscream Blast | Common | Spell | Demon Hunter | 1 | Lifesteal. Deal 1 damage to a minion and its neighbors. All the souls start running when they see the felscream truck. | ||||||||||||||
Penance | Common | Spell | Priest | 2 | Lifesteal Deal 3 damage to a minion. This is what happens when you don’t give a sincere apology. | ||||||||||||||
Vilefiend | Common | Minion | Demon | Any | 2 | 2 | 2 | Lifesteal Dreamed of becoming a Stylefiend, but fel was never in season. | |||||||||||
Bronze Explorer | Common | Minion | Dragon | Paladin | 3 | 2 | 3 | Lifesteal Battlecry: Discover a Dragon. Always ready to explore new friendships! Except with Deathwing. | |||||||||||
Ancestral Guardian | Common | Minion | General | Paladin | 4 | 4 | 2 | Lifesteal Reborn No one knows whose ancestor he is, but he's still upset that you never call. | |||||||||||
Ashtongue Battlelord | Common | Minion | General | Demon Hunter | 4 | 3 | 5 | Taunt Lifesteal Demons have destroyed the lives of the Ashtongue draenei. Now he’s got a shoulder-axe to grind. | |||||||||||
Judicious Junior | Common | Minion | General | Paladin | 6 | 4 | 9 | Lifesteal She's judge, jury, and junior! | |||||||||||
Tidal Wave | Common | Spell | Shaman | 8 | Lifesteal Deal 3 damage to all minions. "Hang Four, mon!" | ||||||||||||||
Walking Fountain | Common | Minion | Elemental | Shaman | 8 | 4 | 8 | Lifesteal, Rush, Windfury The weirdest part is that it doesn't have legs. | |||||||||||
Eye Beam | Epic | Spell | Demon Hunter | 3 | Lifesteal. Deal 3 damage to a minion. Outcast: This costs (1). Sometimes looks CAN kill. | ||||||||||||||
Reliquary of Souls | Legendary | Minion | General | Priest | 1 | 1 | 3 | Lifesteal Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Reliquary Prime' into your deck. These three represent Anger, Desire, and Suffering. Much like raid night guild chat. | |||||||||||
Il'gynoth | Legendary | Minion | General | Demon Hunter | 4 | 2 | 6 | Lifesteal Your Lifesteal damages the enemy hero instead of healing you. Well, that just sounds like damage with extra steps. | |||||||||||
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Wild format
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Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Deadscale Knight | Common | Minion | Murloc | Any | 1 | 1 | 1 | Lifesteal His favorite spell is Chum Explosion. | |||||||||||
Swamp Leech | Common | Minion | Beast | Any | 1 | 2 | 1 | Lifesteal A face only a druid could love. | |||||||||||
Cheaty Anklebiter | Common | Minion | General | Any | 2 | 2 | 1 | Lifesteal Battlecry: Deal 1 damage. Famed hunter of the deadly Achilliosaur. | |||||||||||
Drain Soul | Common | Spell | Warlock | 2 | Lifesteal Deal 2 damage to a minion. Cleans even the toughest clogs with just a flick of the wrist! | ||||||||||||||
Spirit Lash | Common | Spell | Priest | 2 | Lifesteal Deal 1 damage to all minions. We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, stolen from you! | ||||||||||||||
Vicious Scalehide | Common | Minion | Beast | Any | 2 | 1 | 3 | Lifesteal Rush They make wonderful pets if you're not allergic to blood loss. | |||||||||||
Acolyte of Agony | Common | Minion | General | Priest | 3 | 3 | 3 | Lifesteal It takes many years of practiced study in order to fully master agony. | |||||||||||
Pumpkin Peasant | Common | Minion | General | Any | 3 | 2 | 4 | Lifesteal Each turn this is in your hand, swap its Attack and Health. Time to squash your opponent. | |||||||||||
Chillblade Champion | Common | Minion | General | Paladin | 4 | 3 | 2 | Charge Lifesteal It slices, it dices, it vaporizes! The Chillblade will make a Champion out of even the lowliest gnome. | |||||||||||
Felsoul Inquisitor | Common | Minion | Demon | Any | 4 | 1 | 6 | Lifesteal Taunt Everyone expects an inquisition reference. | |||||||||||
Bloodworm | Common | Minion | Beast | Any | 5 | 4 | 4 | Lifesteal Queen Lana'thel insists on one of these, fried, every morning for breakfast. | |||||||||||
Rusty Recycler | Common | Minion | Mech | Any | 5 | 2 | 6 | Taunt Lifesteal Ironic. It could recycle others, but not itself. | |||||||||||
Queen of Pain | Rare | Minion | Demon | Warlock | 2 | 1 | 4 | Lifesteal Her sister is the Queen of Pane who sells windows and shower doors. | |||||||||||
Lesser Amethyst Spellstone | Rare | Spell | Warlock | 4 | Lifesteal. Deal 3 damage to a minion. (Take damage from your cards to upgrade.) A purple stone Azari carved For dark hearts, craving, power-starved. The first to bow, the warlock Rin, Embraced the darkness, slew her kin. | ||||||||||||||
Spectral Cutlass | Epic | Weapon | Rogue | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lifesteal Whenever you play a card from another class, gain +1 Durability. So sharp it can cut through a spectral tomato! | ||||||||||||
Obsidian Statue | Epic | Minion | General | Priest | 9 | 4 | 8 | Taunt, Lifesteal Deathrattle: Destroy a random enemy minion. The original artist spent many hours with a fine chisel perfecting the facial expression for maximum tauntiness. | |||||||||||
Crystalsmith Kangor | Legendary | Minion | General | Paladin | 2 | 1 | 2 | Divine Shield, Lifesteal Your healing is doubled. He wants to tank, but Boom always makes him play support. | |||||||||||
Wickerflame Burnbristle | Legendary | Minion | General | Paladin | 3 | 2 | 2 | Divine Shield, Taunt, Lifesteal Wickerflame spent years as a recruit for the Goons, never making the big-time because he always fired his chest-cannon too slowly. "Hey," he thought, "maybe if I keep my beard lit on fire, I can do this faster." BOOM, promoted. | |||||||||||
High Priestess Jeklik | Legendary | Minion | General | Warlock | 4 | 3 | 4 | Taunt, Lifesteal When you discard this, add 2 copies of it to your hand. If you love Jeklik, set her free. YOU CAN'T GET RID OF HER. | |||||||||||
Prince Valanar | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 4 | 4 | Battlecry: If your deck has no 4-Cost cards, gain Lifesteal and Taunt. Three Princes stand before you. This one devours one after another. | |||||||||||
Blood-Queen Lana'thel | Legendary | Minion | General | Warlock | 5 | 1 | 6 | Lifesteal Has +1 Attack for each card you've discarded this game. As a young blood-princess she learned the proper way for a lady to curtsy, how to address fellow members of royalty, and how to bite them. | |||||||||||
Zilliax | Legendary | Minion | Mech | Any | 5 | 3 | 2 | Magnetic Divine Shield, Taunt, Lifesteal, Rush Everything but the kitchen sink. Oh wait, there's one on his back. | |||||||||||
Shirvallah, the Tiger | Legendary | Minion | Beast | Paladin | 25 | 7 | 5 | Divine Shield, Rush, Lifesteal Costs (1) less for each Mana you've spent on spells. On bended knee Thekal placed his weapon upon Shirvallah’s altar, whereupon she slowly knocked it off with her paw. | |||||||||||
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Uncollectible[edit | edit source]
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Crystal Dryad | None | Minion | General | Druid | 1 | 1 | 2 | Lifesteal | |||||||||||
Desperate Dreadlord | None | Minion | Demon | Warlock | 5 | 5 | 5 | Lifesteal | |||||||||||
Reliquary Prime | None | Minion | General | Priest | 7 | 6 | 8 | Taunt, Lifesteal Only you can target this with spells and Hero Powers. | |||||||||||
Insatiable Felhound | Common | Minion | Demon | Demon Hunter | 3 | 3 | 6 | Corrupted Taunt, Lifesteal | |||||||||||
Libram of Judgment | Common | Weapon | Paladin | 7 | 5 | 3 | Corrupted Lifesteal | ||||||||||||
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Wild format
This section contains information exclusive to Wild format.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Siphon Life | None | Hero Power | Warlock | 2 | Hero Power Lifesteal Deal 3 damage. | ||||||||||||||
Grave Vengeance | None | Weapon | Paladin | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Pumpkin Peasant | Common | Minion | General | Any | 3 | 4 | 2 | Lifesteal Each turn this is in your hand, swap its Attack and Health. | |||||||||||
Amethyst Spellstone | Rare | Spell | Warlock | 4 | Lifesteal. Deal 5 damage to a minion. (Take damage from your cards to upgrade.) | ||||||||||||||
Greater Amethyst Spellstone | Rare | Spell | Warlock | 4 | Lifesteal. Deal 7 damage to a minion. | ||||||||||||||
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Sources of Lifesteal[edit | edit source]
Lifesteal-generating cards[edit | edit source]
This section lists cards which generate cards that have the ability to Lifesteal.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Insatiable Felhound | Common | Minion | Demon | Demon Hunter | 3 | 2 | 5 | Taunt Corrupt: Gain +1/+1 and Lifesteal. Back-to-back winner of the annual hot dog eating contest... and the judge-eating contest. | |||||||||||
Libram of Judgment | Common | Weapon | Paladin | 7 | 5 | 3 | Corrupt: Gain Lifesteal. | ||||||||||||
Dreamway Guardians | Rare | Spell | Druid | 2 | Summon two 1/2 Dryads with Lifesteal. They're a nightmare to deal with. | ||||||||||||||
Enhanced Dreadlord | Rare | Minion | Demon | Warlock | 8 | 5 | 7 | Taunt Deathrattle: Summon a 5/5 Dreadlord with Lifesteal. Photo actually taken across the street in the reflection of a doorknob. | |||||||||||
Reliquary of Souls | Legendary | Minion | General | Priest | 1 | 1 | 3 | Lifesteal Deathrattle: Shuffle 'Reliquary Prime' into your deck. These three represent Anger, Desire, and Suffering. Much like raid night guild chat. | |||||||||||
Envoy Rustwix | Legendary | Minion | Demon | Warlock | 5 | 5 | 4 | Deathrattle: Shuffle 3 random Prime Legendary minions into your deck. | |||||||||||
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Wild format
This section contains information exclusive to Wild format.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Uther of the Ebon Blade | Legendary | Hero card | Paladin | 9 | Battlecry: Equip a 5/3 Lifesteal weapon. "Step forward. Confess! Once I was a mere servant of the Light. Now I alone stand in judgement." | ||||||||||||||
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Lifesteal-granting cards[edit | edit source]
This section lists cards which grant the Lifesteal ability to other cards or to itself.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Lightforged Blessing | Common | Spell | Paladin | 2 | Twinspell Give a friendly minion Lifesteal. Some might call this a lightforgery. | ||||||||||||||
Lightforged Blessing | Common | Spell | Paladin | 2 | Give a friendly minion Lifesteal. | ||||||||||||||
Apotheosis | Common | Spell | Priest | 3 | Give a minion +2/+3 and Lifesteal. Defined as the absolute pinnacle of existence. Plus Lifesteal. | ||||||||||||||
Man'ari Mosher | Common | Minion | Demon | Warlock | 3 | 3 | 4 | Battlecry: Give a friendly Demon +3 Attack and Lifesteal this turn. "E.T.C. is sooo mainstream. Have you heard of Blight Boar?" | |||||||||||
Dragonmaw Sentinel | Rare | Minion | General | Priest | 2 | 1 | 4 | Battlecry: If you're holding a Dragon, gain +1 Attack and Lifesteal. On the side, she's training for the annual Dragonmaw hammer throw tournament. | |||||||||||
Nether Breath | Rare | Spell | Warlock | 2 | Deal 2 damage. If you're holding a Dragon, deal 4 damage with Lifesteal instead. "Whether the Nether is cold, whether the Nether is hot, we'll burn together, whatever the Nether, whether we like it or not." | ||||||||||||||
High Exarch Yrel | Legendary | Minion | General | Paladin | 8 | 7 | 5 | Battlecry: If your deck has no Neutral cards, gain Rush, Lifesteal, Taunt, and Divine Shield. There can be no neutrality in the fight against darkness. | |||||||||||
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Wild format
This section contains information exclusive to Wild format.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Leeching Poison | Common | Spell | Rogue | 1 | Give your weapon Lifesteal this turn. No actual leeches were harmed in the creation of this card. | ||||||||||||||
Elixir of Life | Common | Spell | Priest | 3 | Give a minion +2/+2 and Lifesteal. | ||||||||||||||
Paragon of Light | Rare | Minion | General | Paladin | 3 | 2 | 5 | While this minion has 3 or more Attack, it has Taunt and Lifesteal. She’s all fun and games until someone rings that stupid bell. | |||||||||||
Omega Mind | Epic | Minion | General | Shaman | 2 | 2 | 3 | Battlecry: If you have 10 Mana Crystals, your spells have Lifesteal this turn. Has a side-business selling her lipstick shade, "Omega Red." | |||||||||||
Corpsetaker | Epic | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 3 | 3 | Battlecry: Gain Taunt if your deck has a Taunt minion. Repeat for Divine Shield, Lifesteal, Windfury. Her extensive collection of corpses includes one of nearly every type. She'd love for you to join it. | |||||||||||
Deathweb Spider | Epic | Minion | Beast | Warlock | 5 | 4 | 6 | Battlecry: If your hero took damage this turn, gain Lifesteal. The itsy bitsy spiders climbed up the village wall. Then came the witch and the spiders ate them all. | |||||||||||
Prince Valanar | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 4 | 4 | Battlecry: If your deck has no 4-Cost cards, gain Lifesteal and Taunt. Three Princes stand before you. This one devours one after another. | |||||||||||
Zilliax | Legendary | Minion | Mech | Any | 5 | 3 | 2 | Magnetic Divine Shield, Taunt, Lifesteal, Rush Everything but the kitchen sink. Oh wait, there's one on his back. | |||||||||||
Frost Lich Jaina | Legendary | Hero card | Mage | 9 | Battlecry: Summon a 3/6 Water Elemental. Your Elementals have Lifesteal for the rest of the game. "Arthas was a spoiled child, playing with toys he could neither control nor understand. Come into the cold. I will show you the true power of the Frozen Throne." | ||||||||||||||
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Related cards[edit | edit source]
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Il'gynoth | Legendary | Minion | General | Demon Hunter | 4 | 2 | 6 | Lifesteal Your Lifesteal damages the enemy hero instead of healing you. Well, that just sounds like damage with extra steps. | |||||||||||
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Wild format
This section contains information exclusive to Wild format.
Name / Desc | Rarity | Type | Subtype | Class | Cost | Atk | HP | Description | |||||||||||
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Deathaxe Punisher | Epic | Minion | General | Any | 4 | 3 | 3 | Battlecry: Give a random Lifesteal minion in your hand +2/+2. Don't fear the Arcanite Reaper. | |||||||||||
Countess Ashmore | Legendary | Minion | General | Any | 7 | 6 | 6 | Battlecry: Draw a Rush, Lifesteal, and Deathrattle card from your deck. "1 minion… ah, ah, ah! 2 minions… ah, ah, ah! 3 minions… ah, ah, ah!" | |||||||||||
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Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Prior to the introduction of the Lifesteal keyword in Patch 9.0.0.20457, if a Lifesteal card dealt damage while combined with Auchenai Soulpriest or Embrace the Shadow, the converted Lifesteal healing would count as damage dealt by the Lifesteal card itself. This would cause the Lifesteal card's effect to trigger again and again, resulting in an infinite loop of damage until the controlling player's hero was killed. More precisely, the infinite loop was believed to stop once the hero had been in negative Health following three consecutive triggers or after 61 triggers, whichever happened first. In Knights of the Frozen Throne, this interaction was changed to deal damage only once.[3]
- When a Lifesteal effect restores health to the controlling player's hero, the healing is accompanied by a unified visual style.
- Holy Fire, Drain Life, and Tidal Surge were not changed into Lifesteal spells with the release of Knights of the Frozen Throne, as they always restore the same amount of Health to the controlling hero and changing them to Lifesteal would cause the healing to scale with Spell Damage.[2][4] In the case of Drain Life, Game Director Ben Brode has also expressed a reluctance to add a new keyword to the Basic set.[4]
- Lifesteal is the second non-launch keyword to continue to appear on cards outside of the set it was introduced in, the first being Discover. It's also the first non-launch mechanic to later be given an official keyword.
Patch changes[edit | edit source]
Patch 9.0.0.20457 (2017-08-08): This effect is now named as Lifesteal. Lifesteal minions on the battlefield now have a unique icon at the bottom of their portraits.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Matthew Place on Twitter. (2017-07-31).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Puffin on reddit. (2017-07-08). Retrieved on 2017-07-26.
- ↑ Auchenai Soulpriest and Lifesteal Synergy Update. (2017-07-08). Retrieved on 2017-07-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ben Brode on Twitter. (2017-07-21).
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