Essence Drain
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Essence Drain (often referred to as ED) is a spell that fires a chaos projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits the enemy. The spell also regenerates a portion of the debuff damage as life. If target dies while afflicted with both Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Contagion". Please choose only one of the following ids:
ExileContagion - Deals (2.5-149.8) Base Chaos Damage per second, Base duration is 5.00 seconds, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Base radius is 2 metres (page)
Contagion - Deals (3.5-235.9) Base Chaos Damage per second, Base duration is 5.00 seconds, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Base radius is 1.7 metres, Spreads when affected Enemy dies (page) and Essence Drain, the remaining duration of both degeneration effects will be spread to nearby enemies.
Skill functions and interactions
- Damage over time: Modifiers to spell, chaos damage, and damage over time affect the damage over time component of this spell. Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this skill's Damage Over Time modifier also affects other damage over time effects created by this skill, such as poison or ignite.[1]
- Traps and Mines: Essence Drain can not be supported by Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Trap Support" and Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Remote Mine Support".
- Debuff Regeneration: The amount of life regenerated from the debuff damage caused by Essence Drain is calculated solely off the final amount of outbound damage dealt by the skill, not the damage inflicted on an enemy. An easy way to calculate the amount of regen provided is to multiply the tooltip amount of debuff damage by 0.5%. This will give you the amount of regen that Essence Drain will grant you per target effected. This means that using methods to increased the enemies received damage from sources such as Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Despair". Please choose only one of the following ids:
DespairRoyale - Base duration is (5.00-6.80) seconds, +(0-0.5) metres to radius, Cursed enemies have -(10-19)% to Chaos Resistance (page)
Despair - Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds, +(0-1) metre to radius, Cursed enemies have -(15-30)% to Chaos Resistance (page), Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Wither". Please choose only one of the following ids:
DropBearBossWither - Base duration is 0.50 seconds, Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds, (20-28)% reduced Movement Speed, 15% increased Chaos Damage taken (page)
LunarisGuardGloomElementalWither - Base duration is 0.50 seconds, Base secondary duration is 4.00 seconds, (20-28)% reduced Movement Speed, 5% increased Chaos Damage taken (page), or the Occultist Void Beacon notable does not influence the amount of regen provided by Essence Drain.
Strategy
The damage per cast of this spell is humongous, the damage it does per second is comparable to the damage of most spells and it keeps dealing damage (like with totems). Because this spell normally can hit only one enemy, it's not very useful alone unless the target is a boss or a player. However, it can be supported by Module Error: No skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Lesser Multiple Projectiles" or similar projectile support skills to hit more enemies at once and in the case of weaker monsters, Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Contagion". Please choose only one of the following ids:
ExileContagion - Deals (2.5-149.8) Base Chaos Damage per second, Base duration is 5.00 seconds, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Base radius is 2 metres (page)
Contagion - Deals (3.5-235.9) Base Chaos Damage per second, Base duration is 5.00 seconds, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Base radius is 1.7 metres, Spreads when affected Enemy dies (page) can be used to spread it to the whole pack and kill a lot of monsters just with two casts.
Gem level progression
Level | Mana Cost | Chaos Damage per sec | Chaos Damage | Exp. | Total Exp. | |||
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1 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 31.2 | 9 to 13 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 40.6 | 12 to 18 | 15249 | 15249 |
3 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 56.4 | 17 to 25 | 41517 | 56766 |
4 | 23 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 76.5 | 24 to 36 | 81983 | 138749 |
5 | 27 | 28 | 41 | 12 | 102.5 | 33 to 49 | 147968 | 286717 |
6 | 31 | 32 | 46 | 13 | 135.7 | 44 to 67 | 250557 | 537274 |
7 | 35 | 36 | 51 | 14 | 178.9 | 60 to 90 | 405086 | 942360 |
8 | 38 | 38 | 55 | 15 | 217.5 | 75 to 112 | 447718 | 1390078 |
9 | 41 | 41 | 59 | 16 | 264.8 | 92 to 139 | 615318 | 2005396 |
10 | 44 | 44 | 63 | 16 | 319.2 | 114 to 171 | 834639 | 2840035 |
11 | 47 | 47 | 67 | 17 | 385.9 | 141 to 211 | 1570760 | 4410795 |
12 | 50 | 49 | 71 | 18 | 464.9 | 173 to 259 | 1633987 | 6044782 |
13 | 53 | 52 | 75 | 19 | 554.9 | 212 to 318 | 2151030 | 8195812 |
14 | 56 | 55 | 79 | 19 | 664.8 | 259 to 388 | 2812189 | 11008001 |
15 | 59 | 58 | 83 | 20 | 794.5 | 316 to 473 | 5099360 | 16107361 |
16 | 62 | 60 | 87 | 21 | 947.2 | 384 to 576 | 9400731 | 25508092 |
17 | 64 | 62 | 90 | 21 | 1063.7 | 438 to 656 | 15273366 | 40781458 |
18 | 66 | 64 | 92 | 22 | 1193.4 | 498 to 747 | 26286582 | 67068040 |
19 | 68 | 66 | 95 | 22 | 1337.8 | 567 to 850 | 62890590 | 129958630 |
20 | 70 | 68 | 98 | 23 | 1509.4 | 644 to 966 | 212046017 | 342004647 |
21 | 72 | 70 | 100 | 24 | 1689.2 | 732 to 1097 | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | N/A | 24 | 1888.9 | 831 to 1246 | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 2110.5 | 942 to 1414 | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | N/A | 25 | 2356.2 | 1069 to 1603 | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 2649.6 | 1211 to 1817 | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | N/A | 26 | 2954 | 1372 to 2058 | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | N/A | 27 | 3290.9 | 1554 to 2331 | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 27 | 3663.6 | 1759 to 2638 | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 28 | 4110.1 | 1989 to 2984 | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | N/A | 28 | 4569.8 | 2250 to 3375 | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 28 | 4817.3 | 2392 to 3588 | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | N/A | 29 | 5077.4 | 2543 to 3815 | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | N/A | 29 | 5397.5 | 2703 to 4055 | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | N/A | 29 | 5687.3 | 2874 to 4310 | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | N/A | 29 | 5991.7 | 3054 to 4581 | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 6311.3 | 3246 to 4869 | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 6646.8 | 3449 to 5174 | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 7062.6 | 3665 to 5497 | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | N/A | 30 | 7436.2 | 3894 to 5841 | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | N/A | 31 | 7828.2 | 4137 to 6205 | N/A | N/A |
Quest reward
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Vendor reward
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Alternate skill effects
Name | Cost | Description |
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Arcane Essence Drain EffectArcane Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a blue arcane effect. | 80 | Replaces the standard effect on a Module Error: Too many skills found with q_where = skill.active_skill_name="Essence Drain". Please choose only one of the following ids: ExileShadowEssenceDrain - Deals (3-696) to (4-1093) Chaos Damage, Deals (2.6-662.4) Base Chaos Damage per second, Base duration is 2.50 seconds, (0-15)% increased Projectile Speed, Fires 2 additional Projectiles (page) EssenceDrainRoyale - Deals (6-82) to (9-124) Chaos Damage, Deals (20.8-285.9) Base Chaos Damage per second, Base duration is 2.00 seconds, Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect, Regenerate +0.30% of Debuff Damage as Life (page) skill gem with a blue arcane effect. Preview |
Related helmet enchantments
The following helmet enchantments affect Essence Drain.
Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.
Name | Labyrinth | Stats | Spawn Weighting | |
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Enchantment Essence Drain Damage 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 25% increased Essence Drain Damage | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Essence Drain Damage 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 40% increased Essence Drain Damage | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Essence Drain Duration 1 | 66 | Merciless Labyrinth | 20% increased Essence Drain Duration | helmet 100 |
Enchantment Essence Drain Duration 2 | 75 | Eternal Labyrinth | 30% increased Essence Drain Duration | helmet 100 |
Version history
Version | Changes |
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2.1.1c |
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2.1.1b |
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2.1.1 |
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2.1.0 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (May 24, 2016). "Essence Drain mechanics". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved June 19, 2016.