Bloodthirster

## Passive

Unique: +20% life steal

Unique: Your  life steal overheals you, converting the excess File:Heal power.png healing into a  shield that absorbs up to <span class="pp-tooltip" style="position:relative; border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help; color: **Script error: The function "keyword" does not exist.**;" data-size="18" data-values="50☂60☂70☂80☂90☂100☂120☂140☂160☂180☂200☂220☂240☂260☂280☂300☂325☂350" data-displayformula="40 plus 10 per level up to 6, then 20 per level up to 16, then 25 per level" data-values1="☂" >50 − 350 (based on level) damage and decays when out of combat for 25 seconds.

## Menu

Attack › Damage

Attack › Life Steal

**Bloodthirster** is a finished item in  League of Legends.

## Cost Analysis

**Gold Value**
* 80 attack damage = **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**
* 20% life steal = **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**
	+ **Total Gold Value** = **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**

Gold Efficiency*\**

* **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** base stats are 101.43% gold efficient without the passive.
* The health passive when fully stacked at level 18 is worth **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**, for a total value of **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**, making it 128.1% gold efficient.

## Similar items

**Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).****Death's Dance**
**Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).****Ravenous Hydra**
**Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).****Blade of the Ruined King**

## Notes

* As with all shields, the overheal shield benefits from the user's armor, magic resistance and other damage reduction effects.
* The shield gained per hit benefits from  Shield power, but the cap does not.

## Strategy

* The shield can be very easily stacked up prior to fights by farming minion waves, allowing the wielder to constantly overheal.
* **Bloodthirster** is a good defensive option when under lane pressure or poke damage, as it allows the wielder to shield from damage and heal back when hurt.

## Background

*Unearthed near the marshes of Kaladoun, the Bloodthirster is thought to have belonged to a powerful soulstealer named Frax Van Itt. The wielder of this dangerous weapon is forever bound to the blade and its thirst for the blood of others.*

## Trivia

* **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** was **Bloodthirster's** counterpart on the Crystal Scar and the Twisted Treeline.
* **Bloodthirster** is among a number of items that had the word "The" removed from their names in patch V9.19. It was previously known as ***The* Bloodthirster**.
	+ Pentakill's second volume, Grasp of the Undying, named its seventh track after this version of the item.

## Patch History

V9.19
* Renamed *Bloodthirster* from *The Bloodthirster*.

V8.11
* Total cost reduced to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
	+ Combine cost reduced to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.

V7.9
* Attack damage increased to 80 from 75.

V6.14
* Added to the Twisted Treeline.

V5.22
* New Recipe: **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** + **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** + **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 174: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** + **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** = **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
* Attack damage reduced to 75 from 80.

V5.8
* Available on Howling Abyss

V4.12
* Life steal increased to 20% from 15%.
* Life steal is now Unique.
* Shield strength reduced to 50-350 from 50-440.
* Decay time increased to 25 seconds from 15.

V4.10 Rework
* Combine cost increased to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
	+ Total cost increased to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
* AD increased to 80 from 70.
* Life steal increased to 15% from 12%.
* Passive: removed.
* New Unique Passive: Your life steal effects can overheal you, converting the excess healing into a shield. The shield can block from 50 to 450 damage, based on champion level, and decays if you have been out of combat for 15 seconds.

V3.14 - November 26th Hotfix
* Combine cost increased to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
	+ Total cost increased to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.

V3.14
* Combine cost reduced to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
	+ Total cost reduced to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.

V3.01
* Combine cost increased to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
	+ Total cost increased to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.

V1.0.0.152
* Combine cost reduced to **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).** from **Lua error in Module:ImageLink at line 377: attempt to call field 'arguments' (a nil value).**.
* Base attack damage increased to 70 from 60.
* Passive maximum stacks reduced to 30 from 40.
	+ Maximum attack damage from stacks is now 30, down from 40.
	+ Maximum life steal from stacks is now 6%, down from 8%.

V1.0.0.136
* Life steal reduced to 12% from 15%.
* Life steal per stack reduced to 0.2% from 0.25%.
* Now only loses half stacks on death rather than all of them.

V1.0.0.108
* Now shows you in its tooltip what the current stats on its passive are.

May 15, 2009 Patch
* Life steal increased to 15% from 10%.
* Damage cap reduced to 40 from 60.
* Life steal cap reduced to 10% from 15%.

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cs:The Bloodthirster
de:Blutdürster
es:La Sanguinaria
fr:Soif-de-sang
pl:Krwiopijec
pt-br:A Sedenta por Sangue
ru:Кровопийца
zh:饮血剑