The Retch
Rustic SashRequires Level 44(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage+(60-80) to maximum Life
+(30-40)% to Cold Resistance
0.4% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
60% increased Flask Effect Duration
30% reduced Flask Charges gained during any Flask Effect
200% of Life Leech applies to Enemies as Chaos Damage
15% increased Movement Speed during any Flask EffectBut the grain grew twisted and the water turned dark
and those who partook of Mother Gull's gift
birthed monsters that fed
on the flesh of one another.
Drop restrictedVendor Offer
12x Alchemy Shard
8x Alteration ShardMetadata
Item class: Belt
The Retch is a unique Rustic SashRustic Sash(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage.
Mechanics
#% of Life Leech applies to enemies as Chaos Damage: this modifier causes hits to apply chaos DoT with a DPS and duration based on the recovery and duration of that hit's life leech. A leech instance's recovery is a product of hit damage and % of Damage Leeched as Life, capped by Maximum Recovery per Life Leech. The duration is determined by dividing maximum recovery (up to 10% unmodified) by recovery per second (always 2%).
Increases to player recovery, such as % increased Recovery Rate of Life or the more specific % increased total Recovery per second from Life Leech do not affect the Retch’s damage. The DoT is independent of player recovery: hits will inflict it even if the player is on full life and loses their leech immediately, or when the player is unable to recover life due to Strength of Blood.
Because the DoT derives its damage from leech and is otherwise considered reflected damage[1], it is not modified by the attacker’s offensive stats. Stats on the enemy do affect it, like chaos resistance and increased damage taken. Similar to leech, its duration can be extended by Temporal ChainsTemporal ChainsSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all enemies in an area, lowering their action speed and making other effects on them expire more slowly.Base duration is (5.00-8.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
50% less Effect of Curse against Players
Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have (15-29)% less Action Speed
Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 25% slower
Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have (9-18)% less Action Speed
Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.’ Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 40% slower, dealing the same DPS for a longer duration. Each instance of the DoT can deal damage and damage taken is unaffected by the per-second cap on recovery from leech[2].
Ghost Reaver disables this mod completely. The Retch cannot deal damage in areas with Cannot Leech from Monsters, or against monsters with Life Cannot Be Leeched. It has no interaction with Damage Taken from Hits is Leeched as Life.
This modifier can be increased by Noxious and Fertile catalysts, up to 240%.
Instant leech
Instant life leech modifiers (such as BloodseekerBloodseeker
Hellion's PawClaw
Physical Damage: (162-172.8) to (255-272)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.68
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 62, 131 Dex, 95 Int1.6% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life(200-220)% increased Physical Damage
Adds 25 to 30 Physical Damage
5% increased Attack Speed
1.2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
5% increased Movement Speed
Life Leech from Hits with this Weapon is instant"For the life of the flesh will always be in the blood."
- Atalui, Vaal Priestess or Leech Mastery) cause this modifier to hit, dealing damage instantly. While monsters rarely mitigate chaos damage with stats other than chaos resistance, hits could potentially be mitigated differently than DoT, for example with chance to Avoid All Damage from Hits or by exiles wearing The Fourth VowThe Fourth Vow
Devout ChainmailArmour: (755-1270)
Energy Shield: (155-259)
Movement Speed: -5%Requires Level 55, 80 Str, 80 IntPhysical Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield
(150-250)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
+(17-29)% to Chaos Resistance
Regenerate 3% of Life per second
Armour also applies to Chaos Damage taken from HitsSeek not to avoid the mortal pains of this world.
In flagellation, there lies freedom from temptation.. Instant leech does not result in more total damage, as the Retch’s DoT can stack indefinitely.
Interaction with remote skills
Skills used by totems, traps, mines, and mirages can inflict Retch DoT in the same way as the player. This uses the player’s stats for all calculations, including maximum life. Because dead objects cannot leech, traps and mines can only leech if they hit in the narrow window between releasing their skill and finishing their trigger/death animation.
Kills by Retch DoT from non-player objects are not attributed to the player, unlike most other forms of damage over time. When Retch DoT from expired or replaced objects causes monsters to die, those monsters do not grant experience or flask charges, and their loot is unaffected by increases to player item quantity and rarity[3].
Scaling
The Retch's base damage is bottlenecked by Maximum recovery per Life Leech, normally 10% of the player’s maximum life, whether it’s instant or not.[4] Therefore, in order to increase the damage of the Retch, the player can increase their maximum leech duration through % increased Maximum recovery per Life Leech, increase their maximum life, increase their hit rate, increase the duration of the DoT through Temporal Chains, or cause the enemy to take more chaos damage.
Example damage calculation
A character has 8000 maximum life and 100% increased Maximum Recovery per Life Leech, setting the cap for its leech instances at 1600 total life. With 2% damage leeched as life, it caps a leech instance with 80,000 damage per hit, leeching 160 per second for 10 seconds. A 20% quality Retch will cause this hit to also inflict a DoT instance with a base DPS of 160x2.4=384 and the same 10 second duration.
Against an enemy debuffed to -30% chaos resistance and 120% increased damage taken, this DoT deals 384x1.3x2.2=1098.24 DPS. If the enemy is also debuffed by Temporal Chains, the same DPS will be dealt for 14 seconds instead.
In this scenario, each 80,000 damage (or higher) hit will cause the Retch to deal an additional 15,375 damage over 14 seconds.
Item acquisition
The Retch has restrictions on where or how it can drop. It cannot be chanced.
Recipes
The Retch can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Notes | Description | Meta |
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1 | FeastbindFeastbind Rustic SashRequires Level 11(12-24)% increased Global Physical DamageAdds 5 to 10 Physical Damage to Attacks +(20-40) to maximum Life 0.2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life 50% increased Flask Charges gained during any Flask Effect 50% increased Mana Regeneration Rate during any Flask EffectOur forefathers danced and drank and ate their fill and did not honour the First Ones for their gifts. So the First Ones filled the sky with fire. | Corrupted items cannot be used | Vendor recipe | M |
1 | FaminebindFaminebind Rustic SashRequires Level 18(12-24)% increased Global Physical Damage+(20-30)% to Cold Resistance 20% increased Projectile Damage 30% reduced Flask Charges gained 60% increased Flask Effect Duration Deals 50 Chaos Damage per second to nearby EnemiesAfter the Great Fire, the land lay barren and our forefathers grew weak. Mother Gull took pity on them and gave them grain and water. | Corrupted items cannot be used | ||
1 | Orb of FusingOrb of FusingStack Size: 20Reforges the links between sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more links. | N/A |
The Retch itself is not a league-specific item. However, the ingredients of the vendor recipe were tied to Talisman league. There are additional ways to acquire league-restricted items, see the article for the League-specific items for more details. Since version 3.14.0 the ingredients are also included in the core drop table.
Alternate artwork
Foil version from combining foil items from Timeworn Reliquary (the key to the area itself is a version 3.4 exclusive drop) |
Version history
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3.4.3f |
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2.2.0 |
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2.1.2b |
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2.1.2 |
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2.1.1d |
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2.1.0 |
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References
- ↑ Mark_GGG (January 27, 2016). "The Retch Rustic Sash Hotfix?". Path of Exile subreddit. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ↑ Mark_GGG (May 17, 2017). "Mechanical Questions Thread". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3401772
- ↑ Community_Team (May 27, 2021). "Game Mechanics Q&A Answer Part 2". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved May 29, 2021.