Vampiric Rituals

Wells gain reduced recharge time. They now grant protection to allies when cast, and siphon health with every pulse. — In-game description

Vampiric Rituals

Specialization

Blood Magic (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

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Vampiric Rituals

Wells gain reduced recharge time. They now grant protection to allies when cast, and siphon health with every pulse.

 Life siphon damage: 212 (0.02)^?

 Life siphon healing: 212 (0.03)^?

 Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Recharge Reduced: 20%

— In-game description

Related traits

Blood Magic

• Ritual of Life - Cast Lesser Well of Blood when reviving an ally. Wells of Blood revive allies every pulse.

Notes

• For more information about Life Siphoning, refer to Life Steal.
• Vampiric Rituals is triggered even by non-damaging wells such as Well of Blood but only if the enemy is standing in it.
• The damage scales like a heal, rather than a power skill. It does a base 212 damage with an additional 2% of your power.

	Skill	Traited recharge
Healing	Well of Blood (PvE)	25	→	20
	Well of Blood (WvW, PvP)	30	→	24
Utility	Well of Corruption (PvE, PvP)	32	→	25.6
	Well of Corruption (WvW)	40	→	32
	Well of Darkness (PvE)	25	→	20
	Well of Darkness (PvP, WvW)	35	→	28
	Well of Power (PvE)	20	→	16
	Well of Power (WvW, PvP)	30	→	24
	Well of Suffering (PvE, PvP)	25	→	20
	Well of Suffering (WvW)	30	→	24
Trait	Lesser Well of Blood	30	→	24

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
July 07, 2020	This trait has been removed and replaced with the trait Blood Bank.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill has been unsplit from PvP and now provides 5 seconds of protection in all game modes. Increased life-stealing values by approximately 100%.
June 20, 2017	The protection duration of this trait has been increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds in PvP only.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Added: Reduces recharge of well skills by 20%. Added: Wells grant protection to allies when cast.
March 31, 2015	This trait no longer triggers on siege doors.
March 16, 2015	This trait will now remain active when the necromancer enters the downed state.
October 15, 2013	The damage portion of the life siphon from this trait now scales slightly based on power. The healing portion of the life siphon from this trait now scales slightly based on healing power.
November 15, 2012	Vampiric Precision / Vampiric Rituals / Vampiric: These traits have been updated so that they don't heal enemies when in lower-level areas.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Vampiric Rituals has been added to the game.