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Essence Theft Graves · Ability 3

Your weapon steals Weapon Damage and Spirit Resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.

Every upgrade

Essence Theft numbers

Each column includes every upgrade before it. Highlighted values are the ones that tier changes.

StatBase+ Tier I+ Tier II+ Tier III
Duration 4s4s4s4s
Max Weapon Damage Stolen spirit25%25%45%45%
Max Spirit Resist Stolen 10%15%15%15%
Max Steal Targets 3334
Time for Max Damage 4s4s4s4s
Skull Build Up 0000.15
Zombie Melee Build Up 0000.15
Zombie Explosion Build Up 0001

Scaling

Essence Theft at each spirit level

Spirit power raises these values. Each point adds the listed amount, so here is what they reach as your spirit power grows (base upgrades). How spirit power works

StatPer point0 spirit25 spirit50 spirit75 spirit100 spirit150 spirit
Max Weapon Damage Stolen+0.2525%31.25%37.5%43.75%50%62.5%

Ability points

Essence Theft upgrades

  1. Tier I · 1 AP

    +5% Max Spirit Resist Stolen

  2. Tier II · 2 AP

    +20% Max Weapon Damage Stolen

  3. Tier III · 5 AP

    +1 Max Steal Targets
    All Summons now apply Essence Theft

The rest of the kit

Other Graves abilities

Quick answers

Essence Theft questions

What does Essence Theft do in Deadlock?
Essence Theft is Graves' ability 3. Your weapon steals Weapon Damage and Spirit Resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.
What do Essence Theft's upgrades do?
Tier 1 (1 AP): +5% Max Spirit Resist Stolen Tier 2 (2 AP): +20% Max Weapon Damage Stolen Tier 3 (5 AP): +1 Max Steal TargetsAll Summons now apply Essence Theft
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