Energy Drain

This article is about the scholar action. For the arcanist and summoner action, see Energy Drain (Arcanist).

Energy Drain

Acquired

 SCH (actions)

Level

45

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

1s

Range

25y

Targeting

Enemy

Patch

2.0

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Additional Effect: Absorbs a portion of damage dealt as HP
Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10
Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1

— In-game description

Energy Drain is an action unlocked at level 45. It is available for Scholar.

Related actions

• Aetherflow
• Aetherpact

Gameplay

• As this shares the same Aetherflow resource as healing actions such as Lustrate, Indomitability, and Excogitation, this ability should be used to consume excess Aetherflow stacks if healing is not required.

Gallery

• 
  Executing Energy Drain.

Trivia

• This action has the opposite effect as the analogous Energy Drain for arcanist and summoner, which grants Aetherflow stacks instead of consuming them.

History

• Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07):
  • Deleted "Restores MP."
  • Recast time changed from 3s to 1s.
• Patch 5.4 (2020-12-08): Potency has been reduced from 150 to 100.
• Patch 5.05 (2019-07-29): Re-added.
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02): Removed.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20):
  • Now acquired at level 6 (previously level 8).
  • The additional effect "Increases Faerie Gauge by 10" has been added.
• Patch 2.0 (2013-08-27): Added.