IVLeech
Reduces the effect of enemy applied healing reduction .
How Leech is performing now
Pick rate measures the share of ranked player-match records across every rank containing this item. Win rate is descriptive, not causal: expensive items and winning game states can inflate results. Lock Lab always shows the sample and adjusts hero-specific results against each hero's own all-ranks baseline. Read the full methodology →
Who builds Leech most often
- ADJ. WR
- 55.5%
- ITEM SHARE
- 16.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 55.6%
- ITEM SHARE
- 13.7%
- ADJ. WR
- 52.5%
- ITEM SHARE
- 10.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 51.9%
- ITEM SHARE
- 6.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 57.5%
- ITEM SHARE
- 5.1%
- ADJ. WR
- 52.7%
- ITEM SHARE
- 5.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 51.6%
- ITEM SHARE
- 4.4%
- ADJ. WR
- 57.4%
- ITEM SHARE
- 4.0%
Anti-sustain pressure
Reduces the effect of enemy applied healing reduction .
Leech functions as anti-sustain pressure within the Vitality shop. The strategic value is turning enemy sustain into a less reliable defensive plan. Because it is a late-build investment, the right comparison is the fight pattern it unlocks versus the other purchases that the same 6,400 souls could complete.
When Leech belongs in the build
- The opposing lineup depends on healing, regeneration, or repeated lifesteal to survive extended fights.
- Your team can keep pressure applied long enough for the anti-sustain effect to matter.
- The purchase solves a real matchup problem without delaying a more urgent defensive answer.
- The enemy has little meaningful sustain to reduce.
- Your team cannot consistently apply or maintain the item's pressure.
- Immediate durability or control would change the next fight more than anti-heal.
Timing, movement, and hero fit
Across the current all-ranks sample, Leech is purchased at about 32:27, or 79% through the average recorded match. That places it in the later portion of the observed build path. Compare that timing with the next objective and the defensive answers already visible in the lobby.
Leech is being purchased less often in the 7d change window (-13.1 points), while its observed win rate moved +0.4 points. The high confidence label reflects 80,712 purchases. These are descriptive results: build cost, game state, and hero selection can all move item win rate without the item causing the outcome.
Infernus, Wraith, Lady Geist currently produce the largest reliable Leech samples, accounting for 32,144 recorded purchases among the three leaders. Treat that as evidence of common fit, then compare each hero's adjusted result and complete build path before copying the purchase.
What else the same budget can buy
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COMPARE ITEM →How Leech has changed
- Updated bonus HP to match the components
- Bonus Health increased from 120 to 160 (the sum of the two components)
- Lifesteal reduced from 30% to 25%
Leech in Deadlock builds
Item strength depends on hero kit, purchase timing, lobby rank, and the current patch. Use the hero pages below to compare this item against complete build paths instead of treating a single item as universally optimal.
Transparent reference, original analysis
Live performance and purchase timing come from community-indexed match records. Lock Lab's rates, comparison windows, confidence labels, and hero-affinity analysis are original calculations—not official Valve recommendations.
VIEW ANALYTICS SOURCE ↗Current-patch all-ranks sample · refreshed automatically