Energy Drain

This article is about the skill named Energy Drain. For the effect of the same name, see Energy Drain (effect).

Skill details

Energy Drain

Campaign Core Profession Mesmer Attribute Inspiration Magic Type Elite Spell

5 1 30

Full: Target foe loses 2...8...9 Energy. You gain 3 Energy for each point of Energy lost.

Concise: Causes 2...8...9 Energy loss. You gain 3 Energy for each point of Energy lost.

Inspiration Magic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Energy loss	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12

Acquisition

Signet of Capture:

• Prophecies
  • Sniik Hungrymind (Spearhead Peak, Witman's Folly)
  • Gambol Headrainer (Ice Floe)
  • Druul the Untamed (Dragon's Gullet, during The Titan Source)
• Factions
  • Siska Scalewand (Archipelagos)
• Nightfall
  • Rual, Stealer of Hope (The Ruptured Heart)

Notes

• This skill is great for energy recovery if you are fighting close to the frontlines. It not only recovers up to 27 energy for a mere cost of 5 energy (22 energy gain), it also drains up to 9 energy from an opponent.
• Keep in mind that draining a target with 0 energy will not restore your own energy: you only gain energy for the amount of energy you are actually able to drain.

Energy Gain

This presumes Energy Drain is cast as often as possible (activation + recharge time) before any activation/recharge time modifiers, and that the target has at least the amount of energy drained.

Inspiration Magic Attribute	2–3	4–5	6–7	8–9	10–11	12–13	14–16
Energy Gained by Caster	9	12	15	18	21	24	27
Net Energy Gain	4	7	10	13	16	19	22
Energy Gain/Second	.19	.33	.48	.62	.76	.90	1.05

Related skills

• Drain Delusions
• Energy Tap

Related articles

• Gain/Lose energy skills quick reference