Online:Siphoning

Progression

								1								Strife
								4								Agony
Catalyst I								8
								12								Soul Shred
Magicka Flood I								14
Catalyst II								18
								20								Cripple
Soul Siphoner I								22
Magicka Flood II								27
								30								Siphoning Strikes
Soul Siphoner II								36
Transfer I								39
								42								Drain Power
Transfer II								50

Siphoning is one of three class skill lines available to Nightblades. Abilities in this line focus on magicka attacks and debuffs. Known abilities in this skill are listed below.

Skill Perks

The Siphoning skill line is immediately available to all Nightblades, and is leveled up by earning experience while Siphoning skills are slotted. Skills include:

Notes

• The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50 160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Ultimate Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Soul Shred	12	0.5 seconds		Area	–	8 meters	–	150 Ultimate
		Ravage nearby enemies' souls with a night rune, dealing [9224 / 9325 / 9427 / 9528] Magic Damage and stunning them for 4 seconds. An ally can target a ravaged enemy and activate the ​ Soul Leech synergy, dealing 8533 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused.
				Soul Siphon	Heals you and your allies instead of damaging and stunning enemies. Duration: 4 seconds, Radius: 28 meters. Sanctify your soul and the souls of nearby allies with a night rune, healing for [9529 / 9634 / 9739 / 9844] Health and an additional [24830 / 25097 / 25376 / 25655] Health over 4 seconds. You and your allies will also receive Major Vitality, increasing your healing received and damage shield strength by 12% for 4 seconds. An ally can target a nearby enemy and activate the ​ Soul Leech synergy, dealing 8533 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused.
				Soul Tether	Heals for half the initial damage caused. Tether to enemies hit, dealing constant damage and healing for damage caused. Duration: 8 seconds. Ravage nearby enemies' souls with a night rune, dealing [9529 / 9634 / 9739 / 9844] Magic Damage, healing for half the damage, and stunning them for 4 seconds. Ravaged enemies are tethered to you for 8 seconds, and while they remain within 10 meters, you siphon [1660 / 1678 / 1696 / 1714] Health from them every second. An ally can target a ravaged enemy and activate the ​ Soul Leech synergy, dealing 8533 Magic Damage to them and healing for the damage caused.

Active Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost.

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Strife	1	Instant		Enemy	28 meters	15 meters	10 seconds	2700 Magicka
		Steal an enemy's life force, dealing [4100 / 4145 / 4190 / 4234] Magic Damage and healing you or a nearby ally for 50% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.
				Funnel Health	Heals two additional targets. Steal an enemy's life force, dealing [4234 / 4281 / 4327 / 4374] Magic Damage and healing you or 3 other nearby allies for 50% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.
				Swallow Soul	Increases the damage done but reduces the healing caused. Heal only targets yourself. Steal an enemy's life force, dealing [5716 / 5779 / 5842 / 5904] Magic Damage and healing you for 35% of the damage inflicted every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.
	Malevolent Offering	4	Instant		Cone	–	28 meters	–	3510 Magicka
		Pour out your lifesblood and channel the arcane, healing yourself or an ally in front of you for [9224 / 9325 / 9427 / 9528] Health, while draining 1080 Health from yourself over 3 seconds.
				Shrewd Offering	Reduces the Magicka cost and the duration of the Health cost. Cost: [3240 / 3150 / 3060 / 2970] Magicka. Pour out your lifesblood and channel the arcane, healing yourself or an ally in front of you for 9529 Health, while draining 810 Health from yourself over 2 seconds.
				Healthy Offering	Grants you Minor Mending after casting, increasing your healing done. Pour out your lifesblood and channel the arcane, healing yourself or an ally in front of you for [9529 / 9634 / 9739 / 9844] Health, while draining 1080 Health from yourself over 3 seconds. After casting, gain Minor Mending for 10 seconds, increasing your healing done by 8%.
	Cripple	20	Instant		Enemy	28 meters	–	20 seconds	2970 Magicka
		Sap an enemy's agility and wrack them with pain, dealing [12303 / 12427 / 12572 / 12719] Magic Damage over 20 seconds and reducing their Movement Speed by 30% for 4 seconds.
				Debilitate	Increases the snare potency and quintuples the chance to apply the Overcharged status effect. Sap an enemy's agility and wrack them with pain, dealing [12685 / 12813 / 12949 / 13106] Magic Damage over 20 seconds and reducing their Movement Speed by 50% for 4 seconds. This ability has a higher chance of applying the Overcharged status effect.
				Crippling Grasp	Converts some of the damage over time into more up front damage, immobilizes the enemy on impact, and reduces the cost. Cost: 2700 Magicka. Sap an enemy's agility and wrack them with pain, dealing [3176 / 3212 / 3246 / 3281] Magic Damage and an additional [11532 / 11648 / 11772 / 11915] Magic Damage over 20 seconds, immobilizing them for 2 seconds, and reducing their Movement Speed by 30% for 4 seconds.
	Siphoning Strikes	30	Instant		Self	–	–	–	4000 Health
		Channel a portion of your soul to convert Health to [1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2000] Magicka and Stamina. While slotted on either bar, your soul yearns for the warmth of life. All damage you deal heals you for [950 / 1050 / 1150 / 1250] Health, up to once every 1 second.
				Leeching Strikes	Increases the healing done and grants ramping cost reduction for the next cast when the heal activates. Channel a portion of your soul to convert Health to 2000 Magicka and Stamina. While slotted on either bar, your soul yearns for the warmth of life. All damage you deal heals you for [1500 / 1600 / 1700 / 1800] Health and reduces the cost of your next Leeching Strikes by 10%, stacking up to 10 times. This effect can occur once every 1 second.
				Siphoning Attacks	Increases the Magicka and Stamina restored, and the heal now also restores Magicka and Stamina. Channel a portion of your soul to convert Health to 2600 Magicka and Stamina. While slotted on either bar, your soul yearns for the warmth of life. All damage you deal heals you for 1250 Health and restores [170 / 180 / 190 / 200] Magicka and Stamina, up to once every 1 second.
	Drain Power	42	Instant		Area	–	8 meters	30 seconds	3510 Magicka
		Siphon the vigor from your enemies' blood, dealing [4610 / 4660 / 4711 / 4761] Magic Damage to all nearby enemies. If an enemy is hit, you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds.
				Power Extraction	Converts to a Stamina ability that deals Disease Damage. Applies Minor Cowardice to enemies hit and grants Minor Courage to you. Cost: 2983 Stamina. Siphon the vigor from your enemies' blood, dealing 4766 Disease Damage to all nearby enemies. If an enemy is hit you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, and Minor Courage increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% and 215 for 30 seconds. Enemies hit have Minor Cowardice applied to them for [7 / 8 / 9 / 10] seconds, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 215.
				Sap Essence	Also heals you and your allies. Heal is stronger for each enemy hit. Siphon the vigor from your enemies' blood, dealing 4766 Magic Damage to all nearby enemies and healing you and your allies for [1588 / 1606 / 1624 / 1640] plus 20% more for each enemy hit. If an enemy is hit, you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 30 seconds.

Passive Abilities

Passive abilities are active all the time.

Name		Line Rank	Skill Rank	Description
	Catalyst	8		After drinking a potion you gain 10 Ultimate.
		18		After drinking a potion you gain 20 Ultimate.
	Magicka Flood	14		Increases your Max Magicka by 4% while a Siphoning ability is slotted.
		27		Increases your Max Magicka by 8% while a Siphoning ability is slotted.
	Soul Siphoner	22		Increases your healing done by 2% for each Siphoning ability slotted.
		36		Increases your healing done by 3% for each Siphoning ability slotted.
	Transfer	39		Casting a Siphoning ability while in combat generates 1 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 4 seconds.
		50		Casting a Siphoning ability while in combat generates 2 Ultimate. This effect can occur once every 4 seconds.