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== Tips == |
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== Tips == |
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* It is not as effective against single enemies but it is a very effective weapon for crowd control, especially against the Goblin and Pirate invasions. |
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* The Life Drain is not as effective against single enemies but it is a very effective weapon for crowd control, especially against the [[Goblin Army]] and [[Pirate Invasion]]. |
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* The Life Drain employs a significantly different mechanic from the [[Vampire Knives]], which actually heals the user based on damage dealt. This weapon instead applies a life regeneration buff while enemies are being damaged which increases in power for every two additional enemies within its effect, but 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. The Life Drain has one core advantage over the Vampire Knives, and that is that the radius of damage that can be dealt is unaffected by single block walls, so keeping a type of box of blocks around the player or standing near a wall/door that has enemies on the other side will assure the enemies die easily if swarmed. The [[Celestial Magnet]] and its upgrades and the [[Treasure Magnet]] help this even further as they increase the radius in which stars can be picked up, allowing continuous usage of the Life Drain as long as enemies drop stars or near a star statue on a timer. |
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* The Life Drain employs a significantly different mechanic from the [[Vampire Knives]], which actually heals the user based on damage dealt. This weapon instead applies a life regeneration buff while enemies are being damaged which increases in power for every two additional enemies within its effect, but 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. The Life Drain has one core advantage over the Vampire Knives, and that is that the radius of damage that can be dealt is unaffected by single block walls, so keeping a type of box of blocks around the player or standing near a wall/door that has enemies on the other side will assure the enemies die easily if swarmed. The [[Celestial Magnet]] and its upgrades and the [[Treasure Magnet]] help this even further as they increase the radius in which [[Star]]s can be picked up, allowing continuous usage of the Life Drain as long as enemies drop Stars or near a [[Star Statue]] on a [[timer]]. |
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* 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]], though due to the boss and its probes being immune to all debuffs, Life Drain will not increase the player's life regeneration. |
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* The Life Drain is a useful weapon against [[Worm AI|worm]]-type enemies since it counts each segment as an individual target. This does indeed work against [[the Destroyer]], though due to the boss and its probes being immune to all debuffs, Life Drain will not increase the player's life regeneration. |
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* It does affect [[Target Dummy|Target Dummies]] as if they were normal enemies, allowing players to heal more quickly after respawning without needing to pay the [[Nurse]]. |
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* The Life Drain does affect [[Target Dummy|Target Dummies]] as if they were normal enemies, allowing players to heal more quickly after respawning without needing to pay the [[Nurse]]. |
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* 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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* 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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* Since it is not a direct healing effect, the [[Moon Lord]]'s [[Moon Bite]] debuff will not interfere with it in any way. |
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* Since the Life Drain buff is not a direct healing effect, the [[Moon Lord]]'s [[Moon Bite]] debuff will not interfere with it in any way. |
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* As it will always take a set amount of mana, but has no maximum amount of enemies it can damage at once, it is highly effective when attacking huge hordes of enemies. |
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* As the Life Drain will always take a set amount of mana, but has no maximum amount of enemies it can damage at once, it is highly effective when attacking huge hordes of enemies. |
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== Trivia == |
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== Trivia == |