Essence Drain of Desperation

Essence Drain of DesperationSpell, 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%Requires Level 12Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You lose Life and Energy Shield equal to a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.Deals (12-926) to (18-1389) Chaos Damage
Deals (91.1-4726.1) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 3.80 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Lose Life and Energy Shield equal to 0.3% of Debuff Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base duration is (0.02-0.4) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
Drop level: 12
This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem

Essence Drain of Desperation 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 debuff effect. The debuff also causes the user to lose life and energy shield over time, scaling with its damage. Essence Drain of Desperation interacts favourably with ContagionContagionSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (5-20) Mana
Cast Time: 0.60 sec
AoE Radius: 20Requires Level 4Unleashes a vile contagion on enemies, dealing chaos damage over time. If an enemy dies while affected by Contagion, the debuff spreads to other enemies.Deals (3.4-281.4) 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

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., a skill that can spread the damage over time component of Essence Drain to nearby enemies when the afflicted dies.

It is a transfigured version of Essence DrainEssence DrainSpell, 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%Requires Level 12Fires 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 3.80 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Regenerate 0.50% of Debuff Damage as Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Regenerate +(0.025-0.5)% of Debuff Damage as LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Changes from default version

Unlike the original skill, this transfigured version has a greater base damage over time from the debuff, but it causes you to lose life and energy shield instead of regenerating life.

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.

• ContagionContagionSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  AoE Radius: 20Requires Level 4Unleashes a vile contagion on enemies, dealing chaos damage over time. If an enemy dies while affected by Contagion, the debuff spreads to other enemies.Deals (3.4-281.4) 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
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: 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.

• Degeneration: The amount of life and energy shield lost 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/ES loss by 0.03 * tooltip DoT per enemy affected. This means that increasing the damage an enemy receives through effects such as DespairDespairSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their chaos resistance.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies have -(15-30)% to Chaos Resistance
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Effect of CursePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., WitherWitherSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Channelling
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (3-9) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.28 secRequires Level 10Casts a debilitating debuff on enemies in an area, hindering their movement and also inflicts the Withered debuff, which increases the Chaos Damage they take and can stack up to 15 times.Withered lasts 2 seconds
  Base duration is 0.50 seconds
  (0-19)% increased Area of Effect
  (30-36)% reduced Movement Speed
  6% increased Chaos Damage taken
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Skill Effect DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., or the Occultist Void Beacon notable will not change the amount of damage taken from by Essence Drain.

• Proxies: Essence Drain can be used by proxy entities such as traps, mines, and totems. The life/ES degen loss will apply to the proxies, not you. This allows you to circumvent the degeneration effect.

• Explosion: The explosion added to Essence Drain in 3.6 only occurs on projectile destruction, similar to FireballFireballProjectile, Spell, AoE, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-25) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.75 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (260-370)%
  Projectile Speed: 1040
  AoE Radius: 9Unleashes a ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.Deals (9-1640) to (14-2460) Fire Damage
  25% chance to Ignite enemies
  Base radius is (0.9-1.4) metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'s explosion mechanic. Any enemies that are hit by the projectile before it explodes will still get applied with the essence drain debuff.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Chaos Damage	Chaos Damage per sec	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	14	21	8	12 to 18	91.1	0	0
2	15	17	25	9	16 to 24	119.7	15249	15249
3	19	21	30	10	23 to 34	165.8	41517	56766
4	23	24	35	11	32 to 48	226.3	81983	138749
5	27	28	41	12	45 to 67	304	147968	286717
6	31	32	46	13	61 to 92	406.2	250557	537274
7	35	36	51	14	83 to 124	535.9	405086	942360
8	38	38	55	15	103 to 155	656.8	447718	1390078
9	41	41	59	16	129 to 193	799.2	615318	2005396
10	44	44	63	16	159 to 239	965.9	834639	2840035
11	47	47	67	17	197 to 296	1173.2	1570760	4410795
12	50	49	71	18	243 to 364	1420.6	1633987	6044782
13	53	52	75	19	298 to 448	1699.7	2151030	8195812
14	56	55	79	19	366 to 549	2052.9	2812189	11008001
15	59	58	83	20	448 to 672	2458.2	5099360	16107361
16	62	60	87	21	547 to 821	2927	9400731	25508092
17	64	62	90	21	625 to 937	3309.1	15273366	40781458
18	66	64	92	22	713 to 1069	3713.2	26286582	67068040
19	68	66	95	22	813 to 1219	4162.5	62890590	129958630
20	70	68	98	23	926 to 1389	4726.1	212046017	342004647
21	72	70	100	24	1054 to 1581	5289.4	—	—
22	74	—	—	24	1200 to 1799	5956.2	—	—
23	76	—	—	25	1364 to 2046	6631.4	—	—
24	78	—	—	25	1551 to 2326	7429.5	—	—
25	80	—	—	26	1761 to 2642	8409.5	—	—
26	82	—	—	26	2000 to 3000	9374.9	—	—
27	84	—	—	27	2270 to 3405	10482	—	—
28	86	—	—	27	2575 to 3862	11622.5	—	—
29	88	—	—	28	2920 to 4379	13128	—	—
30	90	—	—	28	3309 to 4964	14707.2	—	—
31	91	—	—	28	3522 to 5284	15410.7	—	—
32	92	—	—	29	3749 to 5624	16337.4	—	—
33	93	—	—	29	3990 to 5985	17387.1	—	—
34	94	—	—	29	4246 to 6369	18207.7	—	—
35	95	—	—	29	4518 to 6777	19295.5	—	—
36	96	—	—	30	4807 to 7210	20195.8	—	—
37	97	—	—	30	5114 to 7671	21396.8	—	—
38	98	—	—	30	5440 to 8160	22761.2	—	—
39	99	—	—	30	5786 to 8680	24110.2	—	—
40	100	—	—	31	6154 to 9232	25429.6	—	—

Item acquisition

Essence Drain of Desperation has restrictions on where or how it can drop. This item is a transfigured gem. It can be obtained through the use of the Divine Font in the Lord's Labyrinth.

Recipes

Essence Drain of Desperation can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
4	The Blessing of MooshThe Blessing of Moosh4Level 21 Transfigured Gem CorruptedWhile the Labyrinth traps have claimed countless adventurers, they were not designed with felines in mind.	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem	A
8	The HookThe Hook8Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste.	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 23% quality	A
3	Doryani's EpiphanyDoryani's Epiphany3Level 21 Transfigured Gem Quality: +20% Corrupted"Virtue gems have facets beyond those that can be seen by the mortal eye. Let us look deeper..."	Random corrupted level 21 transfigured gem with 20% quality	A
8	Dying AnguishDying Anguish8Level 19 Transfigured Gem Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home.	level 19 transfigured gem with 19% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

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
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

Alternate skill effects

Essence Drain of Desperation has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description
Arcane Essence Drain EffectArcane Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a blue arcane effect.	Your Essence Drain becomes a blue arcane effect.
Celestial Essence Drain EffectCelestial Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Celestial Effect.	Your Essence Drain becomes a Celestial Effect.
Project Essence Drain EffectProject Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Project Effect.	Your Essence Drain becomes a Project Effect.
Scientist Essence Drain EffectScientist Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Scientist Effect.	Your Essence Drain becomes a Scientist Effect.
Sunprism Essence Drain EffectSunprism Essence Drain EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Essence Drain becomes a Sunprism Effect.	Your Essence Drain becomes a Sunprism Effect.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.26.0	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).
3.25.0	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	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	Added to the game.