Bloodseeker
Strygwyr the Bloodseeker is a ritually sanctioned hunter, Hound of the Flayed Twins, sent down from the mist-shrouded peaks of Xhacatocatl in search of blood. The Flayed Ones require oceanic amounts of blood to keep them sated and placated, and would soon drain their mountain empire of its populace if the priests of the high plateaus did not appease them. Strygwyr therefore goes out in search of carnage. The vital energy of any blood he lets, flows immediately to the Twins through the sacred markings on his weapons and armor. Over the years, he has come to embody the energy of a vicious hound; in battle he is savage as a jackal. Beneath the Mask of the Bloodseeker, in the rush of bloody quenching, it is said that you can sometime see the features of the Flayers taking direct possession of their Hound.
Base STR
24 +2.7
Base AGI
24 +3.1
Base INT
17 +2
Move Speed
285
Attack Range
150
Base Armor
2
Attack DMG
35–41
Projectile
900
Innate Abilities
Sanguivore
Bloodseeker restores some life when he kills a unit, equal to 30 health plus a percentage of the units max health.
Restores for half values if an ally kills a nearby enemy hero.
MAX HEALTH HEAL:
0%
HALF HEAL RADIUS:
300
- Creeps lifesteal is reduced by creep_lifesteal_reduction_pct.
Abilities
Bloodrage
Cooldown
14 / 12 / 10 / 8s
Drives Bloodseeker into a bloodthirsty rage which causes him to attack faster and deal more spell damage at the cost of a percentage of his health per second.
DURATION:
8
ATTACK SPEED:
55 / 80 / 105 / 130
SPELL AMPLIFICATION:
15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
MAX HEALTH DAMAGE PER SECOND:
1.2%
- Damage dealt to Bloodseeker is non-lethal.
Strygwyr shares his animalistic thirst for bloodshed.
Blood Rite
Cooldown
15 / 14 / 13 / 12s
Mana
90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Bloodseeker baptizes an area in sacred blood. After 2.9 seconds the ritual completes, causing any enemies caught in the area to take damage and become silenced.
RITUAL AREA:
600
SILENCE DURATION:
3 / 4 / 5 / 6
DAMAGE:
100 / 155 / 210 / 265
- Total time is a 2.6 second delay plus a 0.3 second cast time.
The Flayed Twins are ever willing to aid those who spill blood upon the field of battle.
Thirst
Bloodseeker is invigorated by the wounds of his enemies, gaining bonus movement speed when an enemy hero's health falls below 100%%, with the bonuses increasing as their health falls further. If an enemy hero's health falls below 25%, he will also gain vision and True Sight of that hero. Bonuses stack per hero. Unlocks max movement speed for Bloodseeker.
THIRST HEALTH THRESHOLD:
100%
MAX THIRST MOVE SPEED:
10 / 20 / 30 / 40%
ACTIVE BONUS MOVE SPEED:
0%
ACTIVE DURATION:
0
VISIBILITY HEALTH THRESHOLD:
25%
- Not triggered by Illusions.
- Max movement speed bonus occurs when an enemy's health is at or below max_bonus_pct.
- Effects linger for 4 seconds if a target dies.
Strygwyr becomes frenzied when blood is spilled.
Rupture
Cooldown
75 / 70 / 65s
Mana
125 / 175 / 225
Causes an enemy unit's skin to rupture, dealing initial damage based on its current health. If the unit moves, it takes damage based on the distance moved.
DURATION:
9 / 10 / 11
MOVE DAMAGE:
35 / 45 / 55%
HEALTH DAMAGE:
10%
PUSH DISTANCE:
0
When the Bloodseeker hunts you, injuries become fatalities.
Talents
Aghanim's Scepter
Rupture
Increases initial damage and grants 0 Rupture Charges.
Aghanim's Shard
Bloodrage
Bloodseeker's Bloodrage attacks now deal 0% of the target's max health as Pure damage.
Hero Performance
Median across all public matches · OpenDotaForm
52%
Win rate in recent matches
Performance
100%
KDA ratio (kills + assists / deaths)
Laning
52%
Last hits per minute over full game
Farm
70%
Average gold per minute
Fighting
39%
Average kills + assists per match
Experience
88%
Average XP per minute
Strategy
When to Pick Bloodseeker?
Pick Bloodseeker when the enemy has squishy, low-HP heroes that simply cannot run away from you — because that's the whole point of this hero. He is disgusting in lineups where the enemy relies on healing (Bloodrage shuts that down completely) and where nobody has a real escape mechanism. Rupture on a hero with no mobility is basically a death sentence. He works great when your team has lockdown to hold enemies in place while BS runs them down with Thirst speed.
Avoid picking him into tanky, high-mobility lineups—Morphling, Storm Spirit, or any hero that can just blink or teleport away from Rupture will make your life absolutely miserable. It also feels terrible if the enemy can burst you down before Thirst even kicks in, because you are NOT a tanky hero—you are an executioner.
Tips & common mistakes
- Stop maxing Thirst first — Bloodrage gives you attack speed AND the heal, and it's your best laning tool. Max that first.
- Rupture is not a guaranteed kill. If you cast it on a hero with a Blink Dagger or a teleport scroll ready, you just threw your ultimate in the trash.
- Don't chase kills across the entire map just because Thirst is giving you godlike movement speed — that's how you get caught out of position and deleted.
- You need to end this game before 40 minutes. BS is a mid-game bully, not a late-game monster — if you let real carries come online, you are done.
- People pick BS into Axe, Bristleback, or Centaur and then wonder why nothing dies. You are NOT a damage sponge; you are a finisher—draft accordingly.
Summary
Bloodseeker is a hero that punishes bad drafts and squishy lineups — nothing more, nothing less. When you pick him correctly into the right matchup, you will make the enemy's life a living hell in the mid-game and snowball faster than almost any other carry. But if you force him into the wrong draft because he "looks cool"? You are the problem, not the hero. Pick smart, end fast, and don't let this drag into the late game where real carries will just outfarm and outlast you.
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