Life Drain
Witch skill · Blood line · tier 1
What leaves the enemy enters her.
It has no cooldown: it is always on while it sits on the hero's active bar, and does nothing anywhere else.
Values by rank
Life Drain scales with Lifesteal. Its value at each rank is 220 + 64 × rank:
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 284 | 348 | 412 | 476 | 540 | 604 | 668 | 732 | 796 | 860 |
| Lifesteal | +2.84% | +3.48% | +4.12% | +4.76% | +5.4% | +6.04% | +6.68% | +7.32% | +7.96% | +8.6% |
Lifesteal is a percentage stat, so the value is used as written (in basis points, shown here as a percentage), times the skill power.
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Blood skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it
How to unlock it
- 1 Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
- 2 Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
- 3 One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.
Rank 5 in Life Drain opens Blood Flight and Blood Link.
Mastery and synergies
Line mastery: every point in the other Blood skills makes Life Drain 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.
Life Drain has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.
Blood line
| Skill | Tier | Type | Cooldown | Scales with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sustain | None | Lifesteal | |
| 2 | Buff | 14 s | Haste | |
| 3 | Damage over time | 8 s | Bleed | |
| 4 | Direct damage | 6 s | Chaos Damage | |
| 5 | Ultimate | 16 s | Lifesteal |
Other Witch skills
Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.