What the item does
01
Active: Life Essence
Increases your current and max health by 240 for 10 seconds.
How I decide
«I use temporary health for an engagement that will also end in time.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- I need to survive the next short burst of focus and reposition afterwards.
- 02 My decision
- I activate Life Essence before losing my entire reserve and plan an action for when the bonus ends.
- 03 What I avoid
- Start another long fight, forgetting the increased health is about to disappear.
When to choose
When tier 2 neutral items become available. I choose from the current options for the hero's next task; this item is not bought with gold.
Which heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
Stats and key conditions
- Cooldown
- 25 s
- Mana cost
- 160
Game effects and recipes are a snapshot of official data. My guidelines are choices for a task, not a promise of the same build every match. Values for several stages, where present, are separated by ‘/’.
Original Valve item data ↗