Life steal is a stat that heals champions based on a percentage of their basic damage dealt. This healing applies to basic attacks and certain abilities that act like basic attacks.

Key Points:

• Life steal stacks additively
• Healing is based on post-mitigation damage (after armor and magic resistance)
• All champions start with 0% base life steal
• Gold value is 53.55 per point

What Triggers Life Steal:

• Basic attacks (including modified ones)
• Abilities that apply on-hit effects (e.g., Mystic Shot, Parrrley)
• Certain abilities tagged with "applies life steal"
• Most item on-hit effects

Notable On-Hit Items That Work With Life Steal:

• Blade of the Ruined King
• Divine Sunderer
• Ravenous Hydra
• Trinity Force
• Wit's End

Important Interactions:

• Does not benefit from Heal Power
• Works at 100% effectiveness for area of effect abilities
• Does not apply to structures or turrets
• Applies minimally to wards (due to damage reduction)
• Affected by Grievous Wounds

Maximum Life Steal Potential: A Sion can reach 194.0625% life steal with:

• Items: Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, Blade of the Ruined King, Ravenous Hydra, Vampiric Scepter
• Spirit Visage (25% multiplier)
• Legend: Bloodline rune
• Glory in Death buff

With Additional Healing Amplification: The effective life steal can reach 213.46875% when including Revitalize rune's healing multiplier.

Notes:

• Spirit Visage's 25% increase is multiplicative
• Blade of the Ruined King's healing is considered a drain effect
• Life steal healing is reduced by Grievous Wounds

Last updated: June 11, 2023 - V13.11

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