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Life Leech Explained

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Life Leech is a Skill Tag in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Read on to learn what skills and gems that have the Life Leech tag, the Modifiers, Uniques, and what Life Leech is!

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What is Life Leech?

Life Leech In-Game Description

Refers to any damage inflicted on an enemy that recovers life or mana.

Life Leech Uniques

Unique Gear with Life Leech

Name Implicit and Modifiers
Couture of Crimson Gilded Vestments ImageCouture of Crimson Gilded Vestments
Body Armour		 Fixed Modifiers:
・50-100% increased Armour and Energy Shield
・25% reduced maximum Life
・40-60% reduced Bleeding Duration on you
・Life Leech can Overflow Maximum Life
Carnage Heart Amber Amulet ImageCarnage Heart Amber Amulet
Amulet		 Implicit: +10-15 to Strength
Fixed Modifiers:
・20% reduced maximum Life
・+10-20 to all Attributes
・+10-20% to all Elemental Resistances
・100% increased amount of Life Leeched

List of Unique Equipment

Life Leech Modifiers

All Modifiers with Life Leech

• Leeches X% of Physical Damage as Life
• Leech X% of Physical Attack Damage as Life
• X% increased amount of Life Leeched
• When you Leech Life from a Hit, Allies in your Presence also Leech the same amount of Life

Life Leech Skills

Life Leech in Passives

Skill Effect
Vaal Pact ImageVaal Pact ・Life Leech is Instant
・Cannot use Life Flasks
Fortifying Blood ImageFortifying Blood ・20% increased amount of Life Leeched
・40% increased Armour and Evasion Rating while Leeching
Bloodthirsty ImageBloodthirsty ・20% increased amount of Life Leeched
・Leech Life 25% faster
Fast Metabolism ImageFast Metabolism ・Life Leech effects are not removed when Unreserved Life is Filled
Goring ImageGoring ・5% reduced maximum Life
・30% increased amount of Life Leeched
・40% increased Physical Damage
Savoured Blood ImageSavoured Blood ・35% increased amount of Life Leeched
・Leech Life 20% slower
Life Leech and Slower Leech ・X% increased amount of Life Leeched
・Leech Life X% slower
Life Leech Armour and Evasion while Leeching ・X% increased amount of Life Leeched
・X% increased Armour and Evasion Rating while Leeching
Life Leech ・X% increased amount of Life Leeched
Life Leech Speed ・Leach Life X% faster
Life Leech and Physical Damage ・X% increased amount of Life Leeched
・X% increased Physical Damage

Passive Skill Tree Guide and List of Passives

Life Leech Gems

All Life Leech Support Gems

Gem Effects
Life Leech I ImageLife Leech I ・Leech 12% of Physical Attack Damage from Supported Skills as Life

List of Support Gems

All Life Leech Spirit Gems

Gem Effects
Berserk ImageBerserk ・Grants 0.2% of Physical Attack leeched as life per Rage
・Lose 0.1% of life per Rage per second while not losing Rage
・Grants 43% increased Rage effect

List of Spirit Gems

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Ammunition Ancestral Boost AoE
Arcane Surge Armour Armour Break
Attack Aura Blind
Block Buff Chaining
Channelling Chaos Chill
Chilled Ground Cold Combo
Concentration Corpses Covered in Oil
Critical Damage Bonus Critical Hits Crossbow Ammunition Skills
Crushing Blows Culling Strike Curse
Damage Conversion Damage Gained as Extra Daze
Debuff Decimating Strike Detonator
Dexterity Dual Wielding Duration
Effect Consumption Empowered Skills Energy Shield
Evasion Exposure Fire
Flame of Chayula Freeze Grenade
Guard Heavy Stun Herald
Hit Damage Ignite Ignited Ground
Intelligence Iron Grip Iron Will
Jagged Ground Knockback Life Leech
Life Recharge Lightning Magic Find
Magnitude Mark Melee
Meta Minion Minion Commands
Nova Onslaught Orb
Payoff Persistent Physical
Pierce Pinned Poison
Primed for Stun Projectile Resistance
Reviving Minions Rhoa Mount Shield
Shock Shocked Ground Slam
Spell Spirit Strength
Strike Stun Sustained
Tailwind Totem Travel
Trigger Unholy Might Warcry

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