Life Leech

Life Leech

"Increases health and max health by 50% of damage dealt (rounded up)."

Remarkable Interactions

1. Units with life leech generally start with low health. Ensure that they are protected so that they have time to build up their health before reaching the frontline!
2. If the target unit has less health than the damage done to it, life leech will be proportional to the health lost rather than the total damage done.
3. If a unit with life leech owes a health debt due to a unit or summoner debuff, they must pay that debt before health will be added to their main health stat. Consider Strengthening your unit to cancel health debts that may occur. Keep in mind that Weaken, and reductions in health via summoner can stack.
4. The unit must hit the health stat, hits to the armor will not trigger life leech.
5. Life leech ability does not work with Blast. Health will be gained only from the initial unit struck, not damage dealt to adjacent units.
6. Life Leech works with Cripple. As the damage done with cripple impacts the health stat, units with Life Leech will gain health from life leech even if the attack strikes armor.
   • See Merdhampir - Level 4 for a Unit with both Cripple and Life Leech

Notable Modifiers

1. Equalizer - All units start with the same health, based on the highest health in either team. Watch your life leech unit increase their health throughout the battle.
2. Fog of War - Protect your life leech unit from attack in the last position on your team. Be aware that scattershot still works within this Modifier.

Notable Abilities

1. Triage - Placing your unit with life leech in the back row may draw sniping fire upon the. Be sure to heal them with triage. 
2. Blind - Any abilities played by your opponent that reduce the accuracy of your attacks are concerning. if your attack does not land, life leech will not trigger. 

Summoners with Life Leech Exist:

Lorkus is the first Legendary Summoner introduced via Conflicts. A multi-element Summoner with tactics, Lorkus can call forth units Death and Fire Units. He grants +1 melee and +1 magic buffs to his entire team. Choose between granting two Units Life Leech and Affliction OR Fury and Trample. 

Units with Life Leech:

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• Merdhampir - Level 1
• Vampire - Level 1
• Venari Bonesmith - Level 1
• Bila the Radiant - Level 1

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