Essence Drain[1] is a status effect that steals 【Bonus】 effects from foes within 2 spaces of units with this status effect and heals units with this stuff effect. For sources of this status effect, see the category page Sources of Essence Drain.
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If unit attacked
means if the user attacked at any time during combat. They do not need to initiate combat, deal damage, or survive.- This means that if the foe initiates combat and the user cannot counterattack, the effect will not trigger.
- Essence Drain grants all 【Bonus】 effects on the target and foes within 2 spaces to the user and allies with Essence Drain.
Bonuses reversed by 
Panic will not be granted to the user and allies with Essence Drain.- All 【Bonus】 effects granted this way can be removed by sources of positive status effect neutralization.
- Essence Drain can remove all 【Bonus】 effects.
- The healing effect is triggered regardless of whether Essence Drain's user performs an attack during combat. If foe initiates combat and user cannot counterattack, Essence Drain's healing effect will still trigger.
- Essence Drain's user needs to survive the combat for the healing effect to trigger.
- Essence Drain's healing effect stacks with skills such as
Fury 4, that deal out of combat damage to their owner after combat. - Essence Drain's after combat healing will not work if the foe has a skill that prevents HP recovery such as Fatal Smoke 4 or Incurable+, or the user has been inflicted with Deep Wounds.
- However, allies unaffected by Deep Wounds will still receive Essence Drain's healing effect.
- However, allies unaffected by
| Icon | Type | Example Source | Description | Sound Effect |
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Positive |  Ereshkigal
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After combat, if unit attacked, grants any 【Bonus】effects active on target and foes within 2 spaces of target to unit and allies with the Essence Drain effect, and neutralizes any【Bonus】active on target and foes within 2 spaces of target (excluding Bonus effects being granted at the same time). After combat, if foe was defeated in combat, restores 10 HP to unit and allies with the Essence Drain effect. 【Bonus】 All effects that last "for 1 turn" or "that turn only." Includes bonuses granted by a skill like Rally or Hone and positive status effects (extra movement or effects like Dominance). |
Sources of Essence Drain[ | ]
List of Weapons
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| Weapon | Description |
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| Ereshkigal | Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At start of turn, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk+6 and【Essence Drain】to unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit for 1 turn. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe, inflicts penalty on foe's Atk/Res = 20% of unit's Res at start of combat, deals damage = number of【Bonus】effects active on unit × 5 (excluding stat bonuses; max 25; excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage by value = number of 【Bonus】effects active on unit × 3 (excluding stat bonuses; max 15; excluding area-of-effect Specials), and also, if unit's attack can trigger unit's Special, grants Special cooldown count-X to unit before unit's first attack during combat (X = number of【Bonus】effects active on unit; excluding stat bonuses; max 3). 【Essence Drain】 After combat, if unit attacked, grants any 【Bonus】effects active on target and foes within 2 spaces of target to unit and allies with the Essence Drain effect, and neutralizes any【Bonus】active on target and foes within 2 spaces of target (excluding Bonus effects being granted at the same time). After combat, if foe was defeated in combat, restores 10 HP to unit and allies with the Essence Drain effect. 【Bonus】 All effects that last "for 1 turn" or "that turn only." Includes bonuses granted by a skill like Rally or Hone and positive status effects (extra movement or effects like Dominance). |
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In other languages[ | ]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Japanese | エーギル奪取 |
| German | Essenzraub |
| Spanish (Europe) | Drenaje de esencia |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Drenaje de esencia |
| French | Drain d'essence |
| Italian | Ruba essenza |
| Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | 奪取埃基璐 |
| Portuguese | Drenagem de essência |