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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—926) to (18—1389) Chaos Damage
Deals (42—2170.2) 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
SiphonGem
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SiphonGem
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SiphonGem
Level Effect /40
Implicit
Regenerate 0.5% of Debuff Damage as Life
Base duration is 3.8 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
LevelRequires LevelIntDexManaBase DamageDeals 42 Base Chaos Damage per secondDeals 12 to 18 Chaos DamageExperience
11221148100%, 100%, 100%4212, 1815,249
21525179100%, 100%, 100%54.816, 2441,517
319302110100%, 100%, 100%76.623, 3481,983
423352511100%, 100%, 100%104.232, 48147,968
527412812100%, 100%, 100%140.445, 67250,557
631463213100%, 100%, 100%186.761, 92405,086
735513614100%, 100%, 100%247.183, 124447,718
838553815100%, 100%, 100%301.5103, 155615,318
941594116100%, 100%, 100%368.4129, 193834,639
1044634416100%, 100%, 100%445.6159, 2391,570,760
1147674717100%, 100%, 100%540.4197, 2961,633,987
1250714918100%, 100%, 100%653.4243, 3642,151,030
1353755219100%, 100%, 100%782.5298, 4482,812,189
1456795519100%, 100%, 100%940.7366, 5495,099,360
1559835820100%, 100%, 100%1128448, 6729,400,731
1662876021100%, 100%, 100%1349.5547, 82115,273,366
1764906221100%, 100%, 100%1518.9625, 93726,286,582
1866926422100%, 100%, 100%1708.1713, 106962,890,590
1968956622100%, 100%, 100%1919813, 1219212,046,017
2070986823100%, 100%, 100%2170.2926, 1389
217224100%, 100%, 100%2434.21054, 1581
227424100%, 100%, 100%2728.21200, 1799
237625100%, 100%, 100%3055.21364, 2046
247825100%, 100%, 100%3418.71551, 2326
258026100%, 100%, 100%3853.11761, 2642
268226100%, 100%, 100%4305.52000, 3000
278427100%, 100%, 100%4807.52270, 3405
288627100%, 100%, 100%5364.22575, 3862
298828100%, 100%, 100%6031.82920, 4379
309028100%, 100%, 100%6721.73309, 4964
319128100%, 100%, 100%7093.83522, 5284
329229100%, 100%, 100%7485.33749, 5624
339329100%, 100%, 100%7966.23990, 5985
349429100%, 100%, 100%8403.64246, 6369
359529100%, 100%, 100%8863.44518, 6777
369630100%, 100%, 100%9346.84807, 7210
379730100%, 100%, 100%98555114, 7671
389830100%, 100%, 100%10483.45440, 8160
399930100%, 100%, 100%11050.55786, 8680
4010031100%, 100%, 100%11646.36154, 9232
Attribute /12

Essence Drain

NameShow Full Descriptions
CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xCurrencyUpgradeToMagicOrb of Transmutation
AcronymModifiers
IdEssenceDrain
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
BuffIconSiphon
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
Version history /13
VersionChanges
3.26.0
  • Essence Drain: Now deals 12 to 18 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), scaling up to 926 to 1389 at gem level 20 (previously 776 to 1164). Now deals 42-2170.2 Base Chaos Damage at gem levels 1-20 (previously 42.2-1818.1).
  • Essence Drain of Desperation: Now deals 12 to 18 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), scaling up to 926 to 1389 at gem level 20 (previously 776 to 1164). Now deals 91.1-4276.1 Base Chaos Damage at gem levels 1-20 (previously 91.6-3959.4).
  • Essence Drain of Wickedness: Now has 330% Effectiveness of Added Damage at all gem levels (previously 310%), a Base duration of 1 second (previously 1.9), and now has regenerate 1% of Debuff Damage as Life (previously 0.5%). Now deals 22 to 33 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 20 to 30), scaling up to 1591 to 2409 at gem level 20 (previously 1409 to 2133). Now deals 26.5-1274.9 Base Chaos Damage per second at gem levels 1-20 (previously 23.5-1129.3).
    • 3.25.0
  • Essence Drain: Now deals 12 to 18 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 9 to 13), scaling up to 776 to 1164 at gem level 20 (previously 644 to 966). It now deals 42.2 Base Chaos Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 31.2), with values of 1818.1 at gem level 20 (previously 1509.4). Now has 160% Effectiveness of added Damage at all gem levels (previously 140%).
  • Essence Drain of Desperation: Now deals 12 to 18 Chaos Damage at gem level 1 (previously 9 to 13), scaling up to 776 to 1164 at gem level 20 (previously 644 to 966). It now deals 91.6 Base Chaos Damage per second at gem level 1 (previously 67.7), with values of 3959.4 at gem level 20 (previously 3287.2). Now has 160% Effectiveness of added Damage at all gem levels (previously 140%).
    • 3.24.0
  • Essence Drain of Desperation: Now deals 50% more Damage over Time at all gem levels. Now has Lose Life and Energy Shield equal to 0.3% of Debuff Damage (previously 0.2%).
    • 3.23.0
    Essence Drain:
    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%).
    • 3.7.0
  • Fixed a bug where Essence Drain, Soulrend, Bane and Contagion were all bypassing PvP scaling when triggered from a trap or mine.
    • 3.6.0
    Essence Drain
  • 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.
    • 3.3.0
    Essence Drain
      3.0.0
    • Essence Drain deals 43% more damage at gem level 20, scaling upwards at higher levels.
      • 2.4.0
    • PvP T-values have been set for Contagion, Essence Drain and Vortex.
      • 2.3.0
    • Fixed an issue where Essence Drain healing stacks could stick to the player without being removed.
      • 2.2.0
    • Fixed a bug where Essence Drain applied to Frost Wall.
      • 2.1.0
    • Added a new Intelligence/Dexterity Skill Gem - Essence Drain: 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.
      • 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—926) to (18—1389) Chaos Damage
      Deals (42—2170.2) 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.
      Supported By /133
    • Active Type: Spell, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Duration, Totemable, Multicastable, DamageOverTime, Chaos, Damage, Triggerable, CanRapidFire, Area, AreaSpell, Trappable, Mineable
      • AddedFireDamage
      Added Fire Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      Knockback
      Knockback Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      LifeLeech
      Life Leech Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech life based on damage dealt.
      Stun
      Stun Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it easier to stun enemies with those skills.
      IncreasedDuration
      More Duration Support
      Supports any skill with a duration.
      ColdtoFire
      Cold to Fire Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      IronWill
      Iron Will Support
      Supports spell skills, making the increase to physical melee damage from strength also increase their spell damage.
      Totem
      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.
      FirePenetration
      Fire Penetration Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
      IncreasedBurnDuration
      Burning Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
      CastOnMeleeKill
      Cast on Melee Kill Support
      Must support both a melee attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it kills an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      Empower
      Empower Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      ReduceDuration
      Less Duration Support
      Supports any skill that has a duration.
      CastOnDmgTaken
      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.
      Brutality
      Brutality Support
      Supports any skill that deals damage.
      AddedFireDamagePlus
      Awakened Added Fire Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      BrutalityPlus
      Awakened Brutality Support
      Supports any skill that deals damage.
      IncreasedBurnDurationPlus
      Awakened Burning Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, or can deal burning damage directly.
      FirePenetrationPlus
      Awakened Fire Penetration Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy fire resistance.
      EmpowerPlus
      Awakened Empower Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the level of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      Fragility
      Cruelty Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies. Minions cannot gain Cruelty.
      LifeTap
      Lifetap Support
      Supports any non-blessing skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.
      ObliterationSupport
      Annihilation Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      TransfusionSupport
      Transfusion Support
      Supports non-blessing spells.
      GreaterMultipleProjectiles
      Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
      Supports projectile skills.
      LesserMultipleProjectiles
      Multiple Projectiles Support
      Supports projectile skills.
      FasterProjectiles
      Faster Projectiles Support
      Supports projectile skills.
      AddedColdDamage
      Added Cold Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      Pierce
      Pierce Support
      Supports projectile skills.
      Trap
      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.
      CullingStrike
      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.
      ChancetoFlee
      Chance to Flee Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      Blind
      Blind Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      ColdPenetration
      Cold Penetration Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
      chain
      Chain Support
      Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
      Fork
      Fork Support
      Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.
      ReturnProjectiles
      Returning Projectiles Support
      Supports projectile skills.
      CastOnCrit
      Cast On Critical Strike Support
      Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      SlowerProjectiles
      Slower Projectiles Support
      Supports projectile skills.
      CastOnDeath
      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.
      enhance
      Enhance Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      BreakBlock
      Block Chance Reduction Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      FrenzyChargeOnShatter
      Ice Bite Support
      Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
      DamageAgainstChilled
      Hypothermia Support
      Supports any skill that deals damage.
      Poison
      Critical Strike Affliction Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      VoidManipulation
      Void Manipulation Support
      Supports any skill that deals damage.
      SupportRapidDecayGem
      Swift Affliction Support
      Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
      LesserPoison
      Chance to Poison Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      DeadlyAilments
      Deadly Ailments Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      VileToxins
      Vile Toxins Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      ParallelProjectile
      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.
      GreaterVolleySupport
      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.
      AddedColdDamagePlus
      Awakened Added Cold Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      CastOnCritPlus
      Awakened Cast On Critical Strike Support
      Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      ChainPlus
      Awakened Chain Support
      Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
      ColdPenetrationPlus
      Awakened Cold Penetration Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy cold resistance.
      DeadlyAilmentsPlus
      Awakened Deadly Ailments Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      ForkPlus
      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.
      GreaterMultipleProjectilesPlus
      Awakened Greater Multiple Projectiles Support
      Supports projectile skills.
      SupportRapidDecayPlus
      Awakened Swift Affliction Support
      Supports any skill that has a duration, or can hit enemies to inflict ailments on them.
      VoidManipulationPlus
      Awakened Void Manipulation Support
      Supports any skill that deals damage.
      enhanceplus
      Awakened Enhance Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will raise the quality of supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      Sadism
      Sadism Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      CastonWardBreak
      Cast on Ward Break Support
      Each supported spell skill will be triggered when your Ward breaks. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      Machinations
      Machinations Support
      Supports skills that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
      CullingStrike
      Cull the Weak Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies. If normal or magic enemies are left below a percentage of maximum life after being hit by these skills, they will be killed.
      Fork
      Greater 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.
      chain
      Greater Chain Support
      Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.
      LethalDoseSupport
      Lethal Dose Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      UnholyTrinitySupport
      Unholy Trinity Support
      Supports skills that hit enemies, causing them to gain bonuses while you have unholy resonance of lightning, physical and chaos, and to grant unholy resonance of damage types other than the highest one in a hit. There is a maximum of 50 unholy resonance for each damage type. 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.
      IncreasedAOE
      Increased Area of Effect Support
      Supports any skill with an area of effect.
      AddedLightningDamage
      Added Lightning Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      IncreasedCriticalStrikes
      Increased Critical Strikes Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      IncreasedCriticalDamage
      Increased Critical Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      AddedChaosDamage
      Added Chaos Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      IncreasedQuality
      Item Rarity Support
      Supports any skill that can kill enemies.
      FasterCast
      Faster Casting Support
      Supports non-instant spell skills.
      ConcentratedAOE
      Concentrated Effect Support
      Supports any skill with an area of effect, regardless of whether that skill deals damage.
      ChancetoIgnite
      Combustion Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      ElementalProliferation
      Elemental Proliferation Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.
      RemoteMine
      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.
      LightningPenetration
      Lightning Penetration Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
      ElementalPenetration
      Elemental Penetration Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy elemental resistances.
      Echo
      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.
      PowerCharges
      Power Charge On Critical Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      CurseOnHit
      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.
      CastOnStun
      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.
      Enlighten
      Enlighten Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      PhysicalToLightning
      Physical to Lightning Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      OnslaughtOnSlayingShocked
      Innervate Support
      Supports any skill you use to hit enemies yourself. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
      ControlledDestructionGem
      Controlled Destruction Support
      Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
      ElementalFocus
      Elemental Focus Support
      Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
      CastWhileChanneling
      Cast while Channelling Support
      Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      IgniteProliferation
      Ignite Proliferation Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      Decay
      Decay Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      Efficacy
      Efficacy Support
      Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.
      Immolate
      Immolate Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      UnboundAilments
      Unbound Ailments Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
      ArcaneSurge
      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.
      SummonPhantasm
      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.
      BoneChillSupport
      Bonechill Support
      Supports any skill that can chill enemies or create chilling areas.
      EnergyShieldLeechsupport
      Energy Leech Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing those hits to leech energy shield based on damage dealt.
      SpellFocusSupport
      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.
      UnleashSupport
      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.
      AltRemoteMineSupportGem
      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.
      AddedChaosDamagePlus
      Awakened Added Chaos Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      AddedLightningDamagePlus
      Awakened Added Lightning Damage Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      CastWhileChannelingPlus
      Awakened Cast While Channelling Support
      Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.
      ControlledDestructionPlus
      Awakened Controlled Destruction Support
      Supports attack skills, or spell skills that deal damage.
      CurseOnHitPlus
      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.
      ElementalFocusPlus
      Awakened Elemental Focus Support
      Supports any skill that hits or burns enemies, or inflicts elemental ailments.
      IncreasedAOEPlus
      Awakened Increased Area of Effect Support
      Supports any skill with an area of effect.
      LightningPenetrationPlus
      Awakened Lightning Penetration Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies, making those hits penetrate enemy lightning resistance.
      EchoPlus
      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.
      UnboundAilmentPlus
      Awakened Unbound Ailments Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts ailments
      UnleashPlus
      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.
      Enlightenplus
      Awakened Enlighten Support
      Supports any skill gem. Once this gem reaches level 2 or above, will apply a cost & reservation multiplier to supported gems. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
      ManaweaveSupportGem
      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.
      ProjectileIntensity
      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.
      TrinitySupportGem
      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.
      PureShockSupportGem
      Overcharge Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      SpellBlade
      Spellblade Support
      Supports spells that hit enemies. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
      Devour
      Devour Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      Sacrifice
      Sacrifice Support
      Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, arcane skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
      InverttheRules
      Invert the Rules Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      Echo
      Greater Spell Echo Support
      Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, brand skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, retaliation skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.
      GluttonySupport
      Gluttony Support
      Supports Projectile Spells you cast yourself. Cannot support orb skills, triggered skills, brand skills, Vaal skills, channelling skills, skills with a reservation, or skills used by things other than you.
      FrostmageSupport
      Frostmage 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.
      Devour
      Greater Devour Support
      Supports any skill that hits enemies.
      UnleashSupport
      Greater 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.
      MinionPactSuppor
      Minion Pact Support
      Supports spell skills that hit enemies and have no reservation. Cannot support brand skills, orb skills, channelling skills, arcane skills, Vaal skills or skills used by traps or mines. Cannot modify the skills of minions.
      LivingLightningSupportGem
      Living Lightning Support
      Supports Skills which cause Damaging Hits, causing them to trigger Summon Living Lightning when dealing lightning damage. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Cannot modify the skills of Minions.
      Eclipse
      Eclipse Support
      Supports any skill gem. Cannot support skills that don't come from gems.
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      ArcaneEssenceDrain
      Arcane Essence Drain Effect
      Your Essence Drain becomes a blue arcane effect.
      CelestialEssenceDrain
      Celestial Essence Drain Effect
      Your Essence Drain becomes a Celestial Effect.
      ProjectEssenceDrainEffect
      Project Essence Drain Effect
      Your Essence Drain becomes a Project Effect.
      ScientistEssenceDrain
      Scientist Essence Drain Effect
      Your Essence Drain becomes a Scientist Effect.
      SunprismEssenceDrainEffect
      Sunprism Essence Drain Effect
      Your Essence Drain becomes a Sunprism Effect.
      Essence Drain
      You are taking Chaos Damage Over Time
      base_chaos_damage_taken_per_minute
      Attribute /4

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      CostiLvl 1: Normal: 1xCurrencyIdentificationScroll of Wisdom · Magic: 2xCurrencyIdentificationScroll of Wisdom · Rare: 1xCurrencyUpgradeToRareOrb of Alchemy · Unique: 5xCurrencyRerollRareChaos Orb
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      IsBuffDefinition1
      BuffMergeModesID8
      Codebase chaos damage taken per minute
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      IsLocal0
      IsWeaponLocal0
      IsProxied
      IsParty0
      IsVirtual0
      IsScalable1
      StatSemantics3
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      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 Knocked Back
      monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-30]
      monster no drops or experience [1]      		Y
      Rhodion15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
      Monsters grant 100% increased Experience
      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
      15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
      Monsters grant 100% increased Experience
      cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
      cannot be stunned while stunned [1]      		Y
      Eber, the PlaguemawAttacks cause Bleeding
      15000% increased Rarity of Items Dropped
      Monsters grant 100% increased Experience
      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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