Life Siphon/history

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June 27, 2023

  • Life Siphon: This skill is no longer channeled and will instead perform a single attack. Enemies struck by the initial attack will be dealt damage over time, and the user will be healed when damage is dealt.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
0.75¾ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage (9x): 828 (2.25)?
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 300 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

February 14, 2023

  • Life Siphon: Reduced cooldown from 10 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP and WvW. Increased damage bonus against bleeding foes from 20% to 50% in PvE only.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
10.75¾ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage (9x): 828 (2.25)?
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 300 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

August 23, 2022

  • Life Siphon: (PvE only) Recharge reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
10.75¾ Activation time  
8 Recharge time
10 Recharge time
 
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage (9x): 828 (2.25)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 300 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Life Siphon: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.3 to 0.25. Reduced pulse base heal from 450 to 300.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
10.75¾ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage (9x): 828 (2.25)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Pulse Heal: 300 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

July 10, 2018

  • Life Siphon: Reduced the casting time from 3 seconds to 1.75 seconds. This skill will now cancel if the necromancer faces away from their target.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
10.75¾ Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

May 08, 2018

  • Life Siphon: The cooldown of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the lower 10-second cooldown in all modes.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
3 Activation time  10 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

March 27, 2018

  • Life Siphon: Reduced the cooldown from 12 seconds to 10 seconds in PvP and WvW.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
3 Activation time  
12 Recharge time
10 Recharge time
 
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

August 08, 2017

  • Life Siphon: This skill has been unsplit from PvP and now uses the higher healing value in all game modes.
    • Fixed a bug that caused this skill to go on higher (normal) recharge when interrupted while Quickening Thirst is equipped.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
3 Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

June 20, 2017

  • Life Siphon: The base healing of this skill has been increased by 25.7% in PvP only.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
3 Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 358 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 450 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

May 16, 2017

  • Life Siphon: Gains 20% increased healing if cast while you are bleeding.
    • Deals 20% more damage to bleeding foes.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
3 Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Damage.png Damage Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 358 (0.1)?
Healing.png Healing Increased While Bleeding: 20%
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

July 26, 2016

  • Life Siphon: The channel time of this skill has been reduced from 3.75 seconds to 2.75 seconds.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
3 Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 298 (0.1)?
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • Life Siphon: The effects of siphoning skills and traits have been increased by 20%.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
30.5½ Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 990 (2.7)?
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 298
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

November 04, 2014

  • Life Siphon: Increased this skill's base healing by 25%, and increased the scaling with healing power by 75%.
    • Fixed a bug in which this skill increased by 25% instead of 20% when traited with Bloodthirst.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
30.5½ Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 909 (2.700)?
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 298
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

April 15, 2014

  • Life Siphon: Updated the skill fact to scale correctly with healing power.
Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
30.5½ Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 909 (2.700)?
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 202
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

March 26, 2013

Life Siphon.png

Life Siphon

Profession
Necromancer icon small.png Necromancer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand dagger
 
Weapon slot 2
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
30.5½ Activation time  12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 909 (2.700)?
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 202
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

October 01, 2012

  • Life Siphon: This skill now properly applies damage at its intended range of 600.

Original version

12 Recharge time  
Life Siphon

Siphon health from your foe.

Damage.png Damage (9x): 909
Healing.png Healing Per Pulse: 202
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description