User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Item Concept) Revamping Life Steal/@comment-24036535-20150825040230/@comment-1330314-20150825135806

Yeah, there's a loss in thematic consistency, what with life steal no longer basing itself off of damage dealt, but at the same time the overall result should be the same (you heal as you deal damage). I also thought of as a major beneficiary of the above ER, along with most other AD assassins and casters, and I think he deserves to have slightly better access to sustain, provided he also spreads out his damage more (sustain isn't that good on Talon if he's fed enough to just blow everyone up anyway). I would also warn against stacking both ER and Hydra, since their sustain is unique and named, so you can't stack their sustain together.