Essence Drain

Essence DrainProjectile, Chaos, Duration
Tier: 3
Level: 1
Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%Fires a Projectile that applies a powerful Chaos damage over time debuff to enemies it hits.Deals (5–126) to (9–234) Chaos Damage
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to Debuff's Damage over Time
Debuff duration is 4 seconds
Deals (8–217.5) Base Chaos Damage per second

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Debuff Duration is (0-1) secondsSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemEssenceDrain

Essence Drain is a Projectile Chaos Duration Spell Skill that launches a projectile in front of the character. This projectile deals Chaos Damage on Hit and applies a (4-5) second long Chaos Damage over time Debuff.

Skill functions and interactions

Enemies that are affected by the Damage over time Debuff of Essence Drain seem to be prioritized targets when casting Contagion

Gem level progression

Level
1

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Minion PactMinion PactSupport, Minion Tier: 1 Level: 1Supports damaging skills you use yourself, draining the life from one of your Minions on use in order to boost the skill's damage. Only takes effect if you have a Minion with enough life to drain the full amount.Supported Skills remove 100% of your maximum Life from a nearby Minion on use to deal 40% more damagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	PersistencePersistenceSupport, Duration Tier: 1 Level: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 40% more Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Swift AfflictionSwift AfflictionSupport, Duration Tier: 1 Level: 1Supports any skill that deals damage, causing it to deal more damage over time but have a shorter duration.Supported Skills deal 35% more non-Ailment Damage over Time 20% less Duration of Supported Skills and Damaging Ailments they inflictPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	Coming Soon	HinderHinderSupport, Spell, Chaos Tier: 2 Level: 1Supports Spells that deal non-Ailment Chaos damage over time, causing damage over time they inflict to also Hinder enemies.Chaos Damage over time inflicted by Supported Skills also Hinders enemiesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Intense AgonyIntense AgonySupport, Spell, Duration Tier: 2 Level: 1Supports Spells that deal non-Ailment damage over time, causing them to have a shorter duration but deal substantially more damage over time with Debuffs inflicted against enemies on full life.Damage over time Debuffs inflicted on Full-life enemies by Supported Skills Deal 50% more damage Supported Skills have 25% less Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	Chaos MasteryChaos MasterySupport, Chaos Tier: 3 Level: 1Supports Chaos skills, granting them an additional level.+1 to Level of Supported Chaos SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Chaotic FreezeChaotic FreezeSupport, Spell, Chaos Tier: 3 Level: 1Supports Spells that deal non-Ailment Chaos damage over time. Enemies taking damage over time from Debuffs caused by supported skills will suffer Freeze build up from Chaos damage Hits from any source.Chaos damage Contributes to Freeze buildup for Hits against targets taking damage over time from Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Drain AilmentsDrain AilmentsSupport, Spell Tier: 3 Level: 1Supports Spells that deal non-Ailment damage over time, causing them to consume Ailments on enemies it applies damage over time Debuffs to in order to deal substantially more damage over time.Supported Skills Consume a random Ailment on the target when inflicting damage over time Debuffs, causing the Debuff to deal 35% more damage if an Ailment was consumedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Essence Drain has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Essence Drain has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0e	Increased the damage growth per level on Essence Drain, Contagion, Profane Ritual and Chaos Bolt (Wand Skill). Results in approximately 33% more damage at Gem Level 25.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.