Mana Leech (516)

Mana Leech (516) Mnemonic [MANALEECH] Duration Instantaneous Attack Magic - Damage   Subtype Warding  Target(s) Single  Interval One-Shot  Damage Type Mana

Major Elemental Spells Sleep (501) Attack Chromatic Circle (502) Attack Thurfel's Ward (503) Defensive Slow (504) Attack Hand of Tonis (505) Attack Celerity (506) Utility Elemental Deflection (507) Defensive Elemental Bias (508) Defensive Strength (509) Offensive Hurl Boulder (510) Attack Floating Disk (511) Utility Cold Snap (512) Attack Elemental Focus (513) Offensive Stone Fist (514) Attack Rapid Fire (515) Utility Mana Leech (516) Utility Charge Item (517) Utility Cone of Elements (518) Attack Immolation (519) Attack Mage Armor (520) Defensive Meteor Swarm (525) Attack Elemental Disjunction (530) Attack Haste (535) Utility Temporal Reversion (540) Defensive Time Stop (550) Utility

Mana Leech is a warding spell that creates a dull grey ray between the caster and its target to steal mana from the target and transfer it back to the caster. The target must have mana for the spell to function, and Mana Leech can never steal more mana than the target possesses. Successfully warding a target costs one (1) mana, while a failed warding check costs the expected sixteen (16) mana.

Four skills determine various aspects of the spell:

1. Major Elemental spell ranks determine the maximum amount of mana that can be leeched on the first cast.
2. Harness Power determines the maximum mana a player can leech in a session before having to rest.
3. Elemental Mana Control determines how quickly a player recovers from use of the spell.
4. Elemental Lore, Water provides a chance to add an additional 20 mana to the amount drained from the target each time it is cast.

Mana drained from target = (1/3 warding success) + (MjE ranks ÷ 5) + (EMC Skill ÷ 10)

• Capped at MjE ranks
• +20 if the caster passes the Water Lore check

A character can leech an amount of mana equal to its maximum mana capacity before it must rest (e.g. a wizard with a capacity of 200 mana points is able to leech 200 mana using Mana Leech before a cooldown period takes effect).

The maximum amount of mana a caster may steal on any given cast of Mana Leech is determined by the caster's number of Major Elemental spell ranks, minus one (1) mana for the cost of the casting (e.g. a caster with 50 ranks in Major Elemental spells will be able to steal a maximum of 49 mana from its target.)

On each successive successful cast of Mana Leech, the caster will steal an amount of mana based on the warding, the maximum possible at the caster's Major Elemental ranks, and the amount of mana the creature has left. It is possible to leech more on consecutive casts than on a first cast.

Once a caster has stolen an amount of mana equal to its maximum mana capacity, it must rest and allow the effects of Mana Leech to fade. During the recovery time, a caster may attempt to cast Mana Leech again, but may only drain the amount of mana recovered during the time that has passed. For example, a caster that has a 2 mana per minute recovery time could cast Mana Leech again after 2 minutes for a maximum of 4 mana. Full recovery from the effects of Mana Leech is indicated by the message: You no longer feel the effect of casting mana leech.

Mana Control Benefit

Recovery time is based on Elemental Mana Control training and the amount of mana already leeched. Additional training in Elemental Mana Control will result in a faster recovery time. Every 15 skill is 1 mana recovered per minute.

Mana recovered per minute = trunc(Elemental Mana Control skill bonus ÷ 15)

Elemental Mana Control ranks	3	6	9	13	17	20	25	30	38	50	65	80	95	110	125	140	155	170	185	200	215	230	245
Mana recovered per minute	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23

Lore Benefit

Training in Elemental Lore, Water provides a chance based on seed 2 ranks summation for an additional 20 mana to be added to the amount drained from the target. This benefit does not override the maximum leeching allowed before the cooldown, but will get the caster to that limit faster without the risk of failed casts.

Elemental Lore, Water ranks	2	5	9	14	20	27	35	44	54	65	77	90	104	119	135	152	170	189	209	230	252
% chance for +20 mana	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	19%	20%	21%

Messaging

Cooldown end

You no longer feel the effect of casting mana leech.

Resources

• Elemental lore review (saved posts)
• Major Elemental Spell Circle: Mana Leech, on Play.net