GAME ENCYCLOPEDIA

Essence Shift

Description, attributes and patch history, in one place.

CURRENT GAME DATA

Slark steals the life essence of enemy heroes with his attacks, draining 1 of each of their attributes and converting them to bonus 3 Agility. If Slark kills an affected enemy hero, he permanently steals 1 Agility.

Lore

With each strike at his adversaries, Slark's knowledge of their weaknesses improves.

DURATION: 10
STEAL RADIUS: 300

Attributes cannot be dropped below 1.
Essence Shifted stats are returned to normal on death. The stat return for Slark and for the affected hero are separate.
To permanently steal Agility, Slark doesn't need to land the killing blow, as long as the enemy hero is killed within Slark's Steal Radius while having the Essence Shift debuff.
Break disables the gaining of temporary stacks. Does not disable the gaining of permanent stacks.
Break does not disable the bonuses of existing stacks.