Essence Drain
Spell, Projectile, Duration, Chaos, AoE
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (8–23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
AoE Radius: 8
Requires Level (12–70), (14–68) Dex, (21–98) Int
Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.
Deals (12–776) to (18–1164) Chaos Damage
Deals (42.2–1818.1) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 3.8 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Regenerate 0.5% of Debuff Damage as Life

Additional Effects From Quality:
Regenerate +(0–0.5)% of Debuff Damage as Life
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Quest /2
ActQuestNPCCharacter
1The Siren's CadenceQuest RewardWitch · Shadow
1The Siren's CadenceNessaScion · Shadow · Templar · Witch
Genus
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Level Effect /40
LevelRequires LevelIntDexCostBase DamageDeals 42.2 Base Chaos Damage per secondDeals 12 to 18 Chaos DamageExperience
11221148100%, 100%42.212, 1815,249
21525179100%, 100%54.616, 2441,517
319302110100%, 100%75.323, 3481,983
423352411100%, 100%101.231, 47147,968
527412812100%, 100%134.643, 64250,557
631463213100%, 100%176.758, 87405,086
735513614100%, 100%231.177, 116447,718
838553815100%, 100%279.296, 144615,318
941594116100%, 100%338118, 177834,639
1044634416100%, 100%405145, 2171,570,760
1147674717100%, 100%486.6177, 2661,633,987
1250714918100%, 100%582.8217, 3252,151,030
1353755219100%, 100%691.5264, 3962,812,189
1456795519100%, 100%823.4320, 4815,099,360
1559835820100%, 100%978.2389, 5839,400,731
1662876021100%, 100%1159.3470, 70515,273,366
1764906221100%, 100%1296.7533, 80026,286,582
1866926422100%, 100%1449605, 90762,890,590
1968956622100%, 100%1617.8685, 1028212,046,017
2070986823100%, 100%1818.1776, 1164
217224100%, 100%2026.6878, 1317
227424100%, 100%2257.1992, 1489
237625100%, 100%2511.81122, 1682
247825100%, 100%2793.11267, 1900
258026100%, 100%3128.31430, 2145
268226100%, 100%3473.81614, 2420
278427100%, 100%3854.61820, 2730
288627100%, 100%4274.12052, 3077
298828100%, 100%4775.92312, 3468
309028100%, 100%5288.92604, 3906
319128100%, 100%5564.22763, 4144
329229100%, 100%5852.82932, 4397
339329100%, 100%6209.43110, 4665
349429100%, 100%6529.83299, 4949
359529100%, 100%6865.53500, 5249
369630100%, 100%7217.33712, 5568
379730100%, 100%7585.93936, 5905
389830100%, 100%8044.34174, 6262
399930100%, 100%84534426, 6639
4010031100%, 100%8880.84693, 7039
Attribute /11

Essence Drain

KeyValue
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Transmutation
AcronymModifiers
DropLevel 12
BaseType Essence Drain
Class Skill Gems
TargetTypesGround, Enemy
TypeSpell, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Duration, Totemable, Multicastable, DamageOverTime, Chaos, Damage, Triggerable, CanRapidFire, Area, AreaSpell, Trappable, Mineable
BuffIcon
ItemTypeMetadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemEssenceDrain
ActiveSkillsCodeessence_drain
Referencepoe.ninja, Community Wiki
Crucible Weapon /2
WeightDesc
1000 (T5)25% reduced Essence Drain and Soulrend Projectile Speed
Essence Drain and Soulrend fire 2 additional Projectiles
1000 (T5)50% reduced Essence Drain and Soulrend Projectile Speed
Essence Drain and Soulrend fire 4 additional Projectiles
Essence Drain
Spell, Projectile, Duration, Chaos, AoE
Level: (1–20)
Cost: (8–23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
AoE Radius: 8
Requires Level (12–70), (14–68) Dex, (21–98) Int
Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.
Deals (12–776) to (18–1164) Chaos Damage
Deals (42.2–1818.1) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 3.8 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Regenerate 0.5% of Debuff Damage as Life
base is projectile [1]

Additional Effects From Quality:
Regenerate +(0–0.5)% of Debuff Damage as Life
Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
Microtransactions /5
Arcane Essence Drain Effect
Your Essence Drain becomes a blue arcane effect.
Celestial Essence Drain Effect
Your Essence Drain becomes a Celestial Effect.
Project Essence Drain Effect
Your Essence Drain becomes a Project Effect.
Scientist Essence Drain Effect
Your Essence Drain becomes a Scientist Effect.
Sunprism Essence Drain Effect
Your Essence Drain becomes a Sunprism Effect.
Supported By /105
  • Active Type: Spell, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Duration, Totemable, Multicastable, DamageOverTime, Chaos, Damage, Triggerable, CanRapidFire, Area, AreaSpell, Trappable, Mineable
    • Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Faster Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Increased Critical Strikes Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Increased Critical Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Knockback Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Life Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
    Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Stun Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
    Pierce Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Trap Support
    Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.
    Item Rarity Support
    Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
    Faster Casting Support
    Supports non-instant spell skills.
    Concentrated Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
    More Duration Support
    Supports any skill with a duration.
    Cold to Fire Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Combustion Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Elemental Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
    Culling Strike Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies. If enemies are left below 10% of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
    Iron Will Support
    Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
    Spell Totem Support
    Supports spell skills that are not triggered. Instead of casting that spell, you will summon a totem that casts the spell for you.
    Blastchain Mine Support
    Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
    Chance to Flee Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Blind Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    Elemental Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
    Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    Fork Support
    Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
    Returning Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Spell Echo Support
    Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
    Power Charge On Critical Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    Hextouch Support
    Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
    Slower Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Less Duration Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration.
    Cast on Death Support
    Each supported spell skill will be triggered when you die. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Cast when Damage Taken Support
    Each supported spell skill will track damage you take, and be triggered when the total damage taken reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Cast when Stunned Support
    Each supported spell skill will have a chance to be triggered when you are stunned. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
    Block Chance Reduction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Physical to Lightning Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Ice Bite Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Hypothermia Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Innervate Support
    Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Critical Strike Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    Ignite Proliferation Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Chance to Bleed Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Chance to Poison Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Decay Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Efficacy Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
    Vile Toxins Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Immolate Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Arcane Surge Support
    Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.
    Volley Support
    Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
    Summon Phantasm Support
    Supports skills that can hit enemies, or create minions. When those skills or minions kill enemies, or hit rare or unique enemies they will have a chance to summon a Phantasm minion, which uses a piercing projectile spell that deals physical damage.
    Bonechill Support
    Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
    Energy Leech Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
    Intensify Support
    Supports spell skills that you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Unleash Support
    Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    High-Impact Mine Support
    Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.
    Greater Volley Support
    Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects. Does not support skills that fire projectiles in a spiral.
    Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Brutality Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Awakened Burning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
    Awakened Fire Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
    Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Chain Support
    Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
    Awakened Cold Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
    Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Fork Support
    Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first two times they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
    Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
    Supports projectile skills.
    Awakened Swift Affliction Support
    Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
    Awakened Void Manipulation Support
    Supports any skill that deals damage.
    Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
    Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
    Awakened Hextouch Support
    Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.
    Awakened Elemental Focus Support
    Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
    Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
    Supports any skill with an area of effect.
    Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
    Awakened Spell Echo Support
    Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
    Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
    Awakened Unleash Support
    Supports spell skills, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support skills with cooldowns, triggered skills, Brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Archmage Support
    Supports spell skills that deal damage with hits and have no reservation. Cannot support arcane skills, Brand skills, Orb skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Pinpoint Support
    Supports projectile spells you cast yourself. Cannot support triggered skills, Vaal skills, instant skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation or which create minions, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
    Trinity Support
    Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have resonance of all three elements, and to grant resonance of elements other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 Resonance for each Element. Cannot support triggered skills, instant skills, orb skills, brands, skills with a reservation, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Cruelty Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
    Overcharge Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Spellblade Support
    Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Devour Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Sacrifice Support
    Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
    Sadism Support
    Supports any skill that hits enemies.
    Rupture Support
    Supports attack skills.
    Essence Drain
    You are taking Chaos Damage Over Time
    base_chaos_damage_taken_per_minute
    Attribute /5

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    KeyValue
    CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xOrb of Transmutation · Magic: 1xOrb of Alteration · Rare: 3xOrb of Alchemy · Unique: 5xChaos Orb
    AcronymIgnite
    BuffGroupsID30
    IsBuffDefinition1
    BuffMergeModesID8
    Codebase chaos damage taken per minute
    IsPublic1
    IsLocal0
    IsWeaponLocal0
    IsProxied
    IsParty0
    IsVirtual0
    IsScalable1
    StatSemanticsDiscrete
    Essence Drain Monster /10
    NameModifiersSpectre
    Fated Necromancermonster raises undead text [1]
    Can raise Magic monsters
    monster no map drops [1]    		Y
    Carnage PillarY
    Ulysses Morvant+3 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
    kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
    30% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits    		Y
    Ulysses Morvant+3 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
    kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
    30% Chance to Block Attack Damage
    You take 15% of Damage from Blocked Hits
    100% increased maximum Life
    100% increased Area of Effect
    80% increased Character Size    		Y
    Eye of Bamethmonster no beyond portal [1]
    monster no map drops [1]    		Y
    TotemCannot be Damaged
    Cannot be Knocked Back
    monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-30]
    monster no drops or experience [1]    		Y
    RhodionMonsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    kill traps mines and totems on death [1]
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    Eber, the Plaguemawdrop additional rare items [3]
    Attacks cause Bleeding
    Monsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    Eber, the PlaguemawAttacks cause Bleeding
    Monsters grant 100% increased Experience
    15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
    cannot be stunned while stunned [1]    		Y
    Iorphia, Dream Eater% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
    monster no map drops [1]
    monster additional quantity of dropped items in cruel +% [300]
    monster additional quantity of dropped items in merciless +% [600]
    monster additional rarity of dropped items in cruel +% [300]
    monster additional rarity of dropped items in merciless +% [600]
    Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit    		Y

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    Essence Drain

    Essence Drain is a chaos spell that fires a projectile that hits for a small amount of chaos damage and applies a heavy chaos damage over time effect. The spell also causes the player to regenerate a portion of the damage over time as life. Essence Drain interacts favourably with Contagion, a skill that can spread the damage over time component of Essence Drain to nearby enemies.

    Skill functions and interactions

    • Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time Effect: Modifiers to spell damage only affect the damage over time effect of Essence Drain granted by the gem and do not affect other sources of damage over time which may be applied by the skill, such as poison or Decay Support.

    • Contagion: When an enemy affected by both Contagion and Essence Drain dies, Contagion will proc and spread the remaining duration of both effects to nearby enemies.

    • Regeneration: The amount of life regenerated from the damage over time caused by Essence Drain is dependent solely on the tooltip damage over time, and not on the actual damage dealt to the enemy. Essence drain will increase the players life regeneration by 0.005 * tooltip DoT per enemy affected. This means that increasing the damage an enemy receives through effects such as Despair, Wither, or the Occultist Void Beacon notable will not change the amount of regeneration provided by Essence Drain.

    • Traps and Mines: Essence Drain can not be supported by Trap Support and Blastchain Mine Support.

    • Explosion: The explosion added to Essence Drain in 3.6 only occurs on projectile destruction, similar to Fireball's explosion mechanic. Since the Essence Drain damage over time debuff is applied through this explosion any sort of subprojectile effect will cause the debuff to not affect a given target unless it is in range of the projectile itself being destroyed.

    Version history

    VersionChanges
    3.17.0
  • Essence Drain now deals 9 to 13 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 9 to 14), up to 644 to 966 at gem level 20 (previously 433 to 649).
  • Now deals 1509.4 Base Chaos Damage per second at gem level 20 (previously 1503.2).
  • Now has 90% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 60%).
    • 3.6.0
  • Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 8 (was 9).
  • Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 27).
  • Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.75).
  • Now explodes on impact, applying the Essence Drain debuff to enemies in a small radius. This explosion deals no hit damage. As a result of this change, Essence Drain now has the Area gem type.
  • Now deals 9 to 14 Chaos damage at gem level 1 (from 6 to 9) and 433 to 649 Chaos damage at gem level 20 (from 334 to 501).
  • Now deals 31.3 base Chaos damage per second at gem level 1 (from 21.3) and 1503.2 base Chaos damage per second at gem level 20 (from 1159).
    • 3.3.0
  • Now specifies it cannot be used by traps or mines.
    • 2.1.1c
  • Fixed an instance crash with Essence Drain [...].
  • Fixed a bug with Essence Drain spreading between enemies.
    • 2.1.1b
  • Fixed a bug where players could get the Essence Drain life recovery effect stuck on their character until changing instances.
    • 2.1.1
  • Essence Drain can now be supported by "Cast On" trigger support gems.
    • 2.1.0
  • Added to the game.
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