Life stealing
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This article is about the life stealing definition. For the Life Stealing effect, see Life Stealing (effect).Life stealing means transfering life from the target to the user.
It can either be caused by vampiric weapons or skills, most notably those of Necromancers and Ritualists. Some monsters also have skills which cause life stealing, for example Twisting Jaws.
Life stealing does not count as damage or healing, therefore it ignores armor and bypasses all forms of protection.
If your character uses a skill or effect that would steal more Health than a foe actually has, the foe will lose the full amount of Health, and your character will not gain more Health than the foe actually had.
[edit] Skills that involve life stealing
| Icon | Name | Description | 
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| Prof. | Attribute | Campaign | |
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| Angorodon's Gaze | Spell. Steal 10...34...40 Health from target foe. If you are suffering from a condition, you gain 1...7...9 Energy. | 5
| 1
| 5
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| Blood Magic | Eye of the North | ||
| Animate Vampiric Horror | Spell. Exploit nearest corpse to animate a level 1...14...17 Vampiric Horror. Whenever a Vampiric Horror you control deals damage, you gain the same amount of Health. | 15
| 3
| 15
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| Death Magic | Factions | ||
| Barbed Signet | Signet. You steal up to 18...52...60 Health from target foe. | 8%
| 2
| 20
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| Blood Magic | Core | |
| Blood Drinker | Spell. If your Health is above 50%, you begin Bleeding for 10 seconds. Steal up to 20...56...65 Health from target foe. | 5
| 2
| 8
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| Blood Magic | Factions | ||
| Blood of the Aggressor | Spell. If target foe is attacking, you steal up to 5...41...50 Health. Otherwise, that foe takes 5...41...50 damage. | 5%
| 5
| 1
| 3
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| Blood Magic | Nightfall | |
| Bloodsong | Binding Ritual. Create a level 1...7...8 Spirit who dies after 30...126...150 seconds. Attacks by that Spirit steal up to 5...21...25 Health. | 5
| 3
| 30
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| Channeling Magic | Factions | ||
| Consume Soul | Elite Spell. You steal 5...49...60 Health from target foe. If that foe was a summoned creature, you steal all of that foe's life. | 5
| 1
| 5
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| Spawning Power | Factions | ||
| Defiant Was Xinrae | Elite Item Spell. Hold Xinrae's ashes for up to 15...51...60 seconds. While you hold her ashes, you cannot lose more than 20% of your max Health from a single hit. When you drop her ashes, you steal 5...41...50 Health from all nearby foes. | 5
| 1
| 20
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| Restoration Magic | Factions | ||
| Feast of Corruption | Elite Spell. Target foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 16...67...80 shadow damage. You steal up to 8...34...40 Health from each struck foe who is suffering from a hex. | 15
| 2
| 20
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| Curses | Prophecies | ||
| Jaundiced Gaze | Spell. If target foe has more Health than you, you steal up to 18...52...60 Health. Otherwise, you deal 18...52...60 damage. | 10%
| 10
| 1
| 2
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| Blood Magic | Factions | |
| Lifebane Strike | Spell. Target foe takes 12...41...48 shadow damage. If that foe's Health is above 50%, you steal up to 12...41...48 Health. | 10
| 2
| 8
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| Blood Magic | Factions | ||
| Mark of Subversion | Hex Spell. For 6 seconds, the next time target foe casts a spell that targets an ally of that foe, the spell fails and you steal up to 10...76...92 Health from that foe. | 10
| 2
| 30
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| Blood Magic | Prophecies | ||
| Nightmare Weapon | Weapon Spell. For 12 seconds, target ally has a Nightmare Weapon. Target ally's next 3 attacks are reduced by 10...42...50 damage and steal up to 10...42...50 Health. | 5
| 1
| 10
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| Channeling Magic | Factions | ||
| Oppressive Gaze | Spell. Target foe and adjacent foes take 5...41...50 damage. Steal up to 15...39...45 Health from any who were suffering from Weakness and below 50% Health. | 15
| 2
| 7
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| Blood Magic | Factions | ||
| Order of the Vampire | Elite Enchantment Spell. For 5 seconds, whenever a party member who is not under the effects of another Necromancer enchantment hits a foe with physical damage, that party member steals up to 3...13...16 Health. | 17%
| 5
| 2
| 5
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| Blood Magic | Prophecies | |
| Ravenous Gaze | Elite Spell. Steal 15...27...30 Health from target foe. If your Health is still below 50%, steal up to an additional 15...75...90 Health. | 10
| 1
| 5
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| Blood Magic | Nightfall | ||
| Shadow Strike | Spell. Target foe takes 12...41...48 shadow damage. If that foe's Health is above 50%, you steal up to 12...41...48 Health. | 10
| 2
| 8
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| Blood Magic | Prophecies | |
| Soul Leech | Elite Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, whenever target foe casts a spell, you steal up to 16...67...80 Health from that foe. | 10
| 2
| 15
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| Blood Magic | Prophecies | ||
| Spiritleech Aura | Enchantment Spell. For 5...17...20 seconds, whenever you cast a Spell you steal 5...41...50 Health from one Spirit within earshot. | 5
| ¼
| 20
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| Restoration Magic | Eye of the North | ||
| Strip Enchantment | Spell. Remove 1...2...2 enchantments from target foe. If an enchantment is removed, you steal 5...53...65 Health. | 10
| 1
| 15
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| Blood Magic | Core | |
| Taste of Death | Spell. Steal up to 100...340...400 Health from target animated undead ally. | 5
| ¼
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| Death Magic | Core | |||
| Unholy Feast | Spell. Steal up to 10...54...65 Health from up to 1...3...4 foes in the area. | 15
| ¾
| 12
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| Blood Magic | Core | ||
| Vampiric Assault | Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If this attack hits, you steal 10...34...40 Health. | 5
| 8
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| Deadly Arts | Eye of the North | |||
| Vampiric Bite | Skill. Touch target foe to steal up to 29...65...74 Health. | 15
| ¾
| 2
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| Blood Magic | Factions | ||
| Vampiric Gaze | Spell. Steal up to 18...52...60 Health from target foe. | 10
| 1
| 5
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| Blood Magic | Core | |
| Vampiric Spirit | Elite Enchantment Spell. Steal up to 5...41...50 Health from target foe. For 10 seconds, you have +5...9...10 Health regeneration. | 5
| 1
| 5
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| Blood Magic | Factions | ||
| Vampiric Swarm | Spell. Vampiric Swarm flies out slowly and steals up to 15...51...60 Health from up to three foes in the area. | 15
| 2
| 8
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| Blood Magic | Factions | ||
| Vampiric Touch | Skill. Touch target foe to steal up to 29...65...74 Health. | 15
| ¾
| 2
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| Blood Magic | Prophecies | |
| Vampirism | Binding Ritual. Create a level 4...10 Spirit that dies after 75...150 seconds. Attacks by this Spirit steal up to 10...20 Health, and you are healed for 10...20 Health. | 10
| 3
| 30
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| Sunspear rank | Nightfall | ||
| Vengeful Was Khanhei | Elite Item Spell. Hold Khanhei's ashes for 5...10...11 seconds. Whenever a foe strikes you in combat while you are holding Khanhei's ashes, you steal 5...29...35 Health from that foe. | 5
| ¾
| 20
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| Restoration Magic | Factions | ||
| Vengeful Weapon | Weapon Spell. For 8 seconds, the next time target ally takes damage from a foe, that ally steals up to 15...51...60 Health from that foe. | 5
| ¼
| 3
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| Restoration Magic | Factions | |
| Weapon of Remedy | Elite Weapon Spell. For 8 seconds, the next time target ally takes damage from a foe, that ally steals up to 15...63...75 Health from that foe and loses 1 Condition. | 5
| ¼
| 3
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| Restoration Magic | Nightfall | ||
| Xinrae's Weapon | Elite Weapon Spell. For 8 seconds, the next time target ally takes damage from a foe that damage is limited to 5% of that ally's max Health and that ally steals up to 20...68...80 Health from that foe. | 5
| ¼
| 3
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| Restoration Magic | Nightfall |
