Talk:Insidious Parasite

There is seriously no talk on this skill? its probably better than empathy. --^^ The Wind Sage 03:10, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If by "better" you mean shorter duration, higher cost, higher recharge, and does less damage...then yeah. It's MUCH better than empathy. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 03:14, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Attribute :3 Lilondra  [[Image:User_Lilondra_Sig.jpg|21x21px]] *poke*  12:37, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * also, this gets removed if caster dies and steals hp instead of damage but you can't cover empathy as easily as you can cover this. - Wuhy  [[Image:User_Wuhy_sig.jpg|18px]] 12:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

1st note
Is it needed since description says: "hits whit attack". 88.148.216.26 17:35, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, because new players may not realize that this skill steals health multiple times in a short period with skills like Cyclone Axe or Barrage. Instead of merely being triggered on each attack, which in Guild Wars time is quite slow without an IAS, it steals health incredibly quickly as the attack hits multiple times. Understand? Synapse  talk

Confirm
So this doesn't work at all with Reckless haste? No wonder my build didn't work :) -77.166.63.187 18:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Blindness?
So if the target is hexed with this and suffering from blindness, will they still take life steal damage if they miss? Typhoon-wynn 13:33, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No. It says whenever they hit with an attack, not whenever they attack.--User Oneshot O.JPG neshot 13:35, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

UP TO ???
long description says "up to ..." - what does that mean? ok, if target has 1 hp I can only steal one, but what if target has enough AND shielding hands - is THAT meant to be said by "up to"???? 83.236.214.68 12:26, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It means if the target has 20 health, you won't steal 30. It is likely that it sets the steal based off their health, then any applicable effects that reduce life steal kick in, reducing the steal to less than 20. Guildwarsrunner 21:05, 15 January 2011 (UTC)