PoE Essence Drain Build Trickster

Essence Drain Essence Drain (often referred to as ED) is a spell that fires a projectile which deals 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.

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.You are taking Chaos Damage Over Time

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: 90%. AoE Radius: 8. Requires Level 12.

  • Deals (9–644) to (13–966) Chaos Damage
  • Deals (31.2–1509.4) 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

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

NameAdditional Effects From QualityWeight
Essence Drain(0–20)% increased Chaos Damage50

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Related Gems

Level Effect

LevelRequires LevelDexterityIntelligenceCostDeals 31.2 Base Chaos Damage per secondDeals 9 to 13 Chaos DamageExperience
1121421831.29, 1315,249
2151725940.612, 1841,517
31921301056.417, 2581,983
42324351176.524, 36147,968
527284112102.533, 49250,557
631324613135.744, 67405,086
735365114178.960, 90447,718
838385515217.575, 112615,318
941415916264.892, 139834,639
1044446316319.3114, 1711,570,760
1147476717385.9141, 2111,633,987
1250497118464.9173, 2592,151,030
1353527519554.9212, 3182,812,189
1456557919664.8259, 3885,099,360
1559588320794.5316, 4739,400,731
1662608721947.2384, 57615,273,366
17646290211063.7438, 65626,286,582
18666492221193.4498, 74762,890,590
19686695221337.8567, 850212,046,017
20706898231509.4644, 966
2172241689.2732, 1097
2274241888.9831, 1246
2376252110.5942, 1414
2478252356.21069, 1603
2580262649.61211, 1817
26822629541372, 2058
2784273290.91554, 2331
2886273663.61759, 2638
2988284110.21989, 2984
3090284569.82250, 3375
3191284817.32392, 3588
3292295077.42543, 3815
3393295397.52703, 4055
3494295687.32874, 4310
3595295991.73054, 4581
3696306311.33246, 4869
3797306646.83449, 5174
3898307062.63665, 5497
3999307436.23894, 5841
40100317828.24137, 6205

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. Any enemies that are hit by the projectile before it explodes will still get applied with the essence drain debuff.

Item acquisition

Essence Drain can drop anywhere. Drop level: 12.

Recipes

Essence Drain can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
3 The Bitter Blossom Random corrupted level 21 Chaos gem with 23% quality
13 The Cataclysm Random corrupted level 21 Spell gem
6 The Fox Random level 20 gem
8 Dying Anguish Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8 The Hook Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3 Gemcutter's Promise Random gem with 20% quality
1 Gemcutter's Incubator Random gem with 1–20% quality
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1		 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class → Witch Shadow Ranger Duelist Marauder Templar Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence
Act 1
Nessa		 ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
A Fixture of Fate
Act 3
Siosa		 ✓
Fallen from Grace
Act 6
Lilly Roth		 ✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Essence Drain.

Name Level Labyrinth Stats Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Essence Drain Damage 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 25% increased Essence Drain Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Essence Drain Damage 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 40% increased Essence Drain Damage helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Essence Drain Duration 1 66 Merciless Labyrinth 20% increased Essence Drain Duration helmet 100
default 0
Enchantment Essence Drain Duration 2 75 Eternal Labyrinth 30% increased Essence Drain Duration helmet 100
default 0

Alternate skill effects

Essence Drain has the following alternate skill effects:

Item Effect(s)
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.

PoE Essence Drain Build for Trickster

1. Character: 100 Trickster

Life: 1 Strength: 40
Energy Shield: 10259 Dexterity: 184
Mana: 1241 Intelligence: 427
Evasion Rating: 32290 Charges: E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour: 48

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Essence Drain Essence Drain. DAMAGE OVER TIME: 388k.

Damage types:

  • Chaos: 100%

Essence Drain Support Links:

  • Efficacy Efficacy Support(Blue): 100%
  • Empower Empower Support(Red): 92%
  • Awakened Void Manipulation Void Manipulation Support(Green): 92%
  • Awakened Swift Affliction Swift Affliction Support(Green): 91%
  • Awakened Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 59%
  • Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 41%
  • Swift Affliction Swift Affliction Support(Green): 9%
  • Void Manipulation Void Manipulation Support(Green): 8%
  • Spellslinger Support(Blue): 5%
  • Energy Leech Energy Leech Support(Blue): 2%

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3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Essence Drain Essence Drain (Blue) (21 / 20), Awakened Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support (Blue) (5 / 20), Efficacy Efficacy Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Energy Leech Energy Leech Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Awakened Void Manipulation Void Manipulation Support (Green) (5 / 22), Awakened Swift Affliction Swift Affliction Support (Green) (5 / 20),

Helmet: Contagion Contagion (Blue) (20 / 20), Increased Area of Effect Increased Area of Effect Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Intensify Intensify Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Arcane Surge Arcane Surge Support (Blue) (8),

Gloves: Vaal Blight Vaal Blight (Blue) (21 / 23), Awakened Controlled Destruction Controlled Destruction Support (Blue) (5 / 20), Infused Channelling Infused Channelling Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Efficacy Efficacy Support (Blue) (21 / 20),

Boots: Malevolence Malevolence (Blue) (21 / 9), Enlighten Enlighten Support (Blue) (4 / 20), Vaal Discipline Vaal Discipline (Blue) (21), Flesh and Stone Flesh and Stone (Red) (7),

Weapon: Shield Charge Shield Charge (Red) (1), Faster Attacks Faster Attacks Support (Green) (20 / 20), Fortify Fortify Support (Red) (1),

Offhand: Tempest Shield Tempest Shield (Blue) (2), Cast when Damage Taken Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (1), Flame Dash Flame Dash (Blue) (20 / 20),

4. Passive Skill Build

Essence Drain Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

  • Patient Reaper: 100%
  • Ghost Dance: 99%
  • Prolonged Pain: 97%
  • Escape Artist: 93%
  • Pain Attunement: 81%
  • Phase Acrobatics: 65%
  • Zealot’s Oath: 57%
  • Chaos Inoculation: 39%
  • Acrobatics: 37%
  • Mind Over Matter: 36%
  • Wicked Ward: 36%
  • Eldritch Battery: 30%
  • Minion Instability: 18%
  • Swift Killer: 9%

5. Equipment Build

Body Armour: Eagle Shelter Sadist Garb

Weapon: Havoc Cry Tornado Wand

Offhand Weapon: Hypnotic Duty Titanium Spirit Shield

Helmet: Tempest Veil Hubris Circlet

Gloves: Morbid Knuckle Sorcerer Gloves

Boots: Storm Spark Spark Sorcerer Boots

Belt: Eagle Bond Crystal Belt

Amulet: Viper Collar Onyx Amulet

Ring: Gale Knot Sapphire Ring, Hypnotic Eye Two-Stone Ring

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