Life Drain



The Life Drain is a magic weapon dropped by the Crimson Mimic found in the Crimson Biome during Hardmode.

When used, it deals constant damage to all enemies near the cursor's position, as long as the distance between the player and the cursor is unobstructed. A stream of red particles flows toward the user from each targeted enemy. While the weapon is in use, the user receives the Life Drain buff, which increases life regeneration. The weapon will drain mana as long as it is in use, regardless of whether it connects with enemies or not.

While an enemy is being damaged by Life Drain, it is also afflicted with a special debuff that deals 5 damage per tick.

The Life Drain is unable to deal critical hits, and does not trigger either Spectre Armor set bonus.

The best modifier is Mythical.

Trivia

 * Life Drain employs a significantly different mechanic from the Vampire Knives, which actually heal the user based on damage dealt. This weapon instead increases life regeneration while enemies are being damaged, and provides slower healing than the Vampire Knives. Both weapons are, however, very thematically similar, being based around stealing health and focused around the Crimson biome.
 * This is a useful weapon against worm-type enemies since it counts each segment as an individual target. This does indeed work against The Destroyer, but curiously, the Life Drain buff will not be applied, and the weapon will not create red particles.
 * The Life Drain buff is applied when attacking Target Dummies. This is most likely a bug or oversight.
 * While the player must aim at an area within their line of sight, the Life Drain can still damage enemies through walls as long as they are still in the area.

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