Melee Lifesteal is a prefix that turns up on Boots and Armor. It gives Melee Lifesteal: +1% to +1% at its lowest step, +8% to +9% at its best — and you need item level 116 before the best one can appear at all.
It comes up at weight 4 when the game rolls affixes, never doubles up with another affix that does the same job (meleeLifesteal), and it is what puts Bloodstepping, Gorewading, Redsoled, Hemostriding and Slaughtersworn in an item's name — so you might pick up a Bloodstepping Wand.
3 Uniques lock it to a fixed number: The Long Charge, The Scorched Verse and The Kitchen Step.
Every step
10 steps · lowest to best
| Tier | Needs item level | Gives | Prefix word | Reads as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 1 | +1% to +1% | Bloodstepping | Bloodstepping Wand |
| T2 | 6 | +1% to +2% | Bloodstepping | Bloodstepping Wand |
| T3 | 14 | +2% to +2% | Gorewading | Gorewading Wand |
| T4 | 24 | +2% to +3% | Gorewading | Gorewading Wand |
| T5 | 36 | +3% to +3% | Redsoled | Redsoled Wand |
| T6 | 55 | +3% to +4% | Redsoled | Redsoled Wand |
| T7 | 75 | +4% to +5% | Hemostriding | Hemostriding Wand |
| T8 | 92 | +5% to +6% | Hemostriding | Hemostriding Wand |
| T9 | 105 | +6% to +7% | Slaughtersworn | Slaughtersworn Wand |
| T10 | 116 | +8% to +9% | Slaughtersworn | Slaughtersworn Wand |
Where you will see it
75 bases it can land on
Uniques that lock it in
all 3 →
