Leech

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It drives its owner's mind into a narrow purpose: gorging on drained life force. It is unerringly vampiric, draining life every time it strikes.

the +8 demon blade "Leech"

+8 demon blade

Vampiric brand effect, activated on every hit
-2 AC
-2 EV
-2 STR
-2 INT
-2 DEX
rN+

Desirability

Leech, like any vampiric demon blade, is a very nice thing to have, though the stat, AC and EV costs are rather heavy. Still it must be noted that it activates more often than normal vampiric weapons do. You may wish to switch to something more damaging if you run into a particularly nasty undead enemy; given this weapon's brand, doing so often may cause problems (because of the high hunger cost).

History

In earlier versions, Leech's stat, AC and EV costs were only -1.

Prior to 0.14, Leech's vampiric effect was only activated on 60% of all attacks, like all other vampiric weapons.