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Vampire Leech is a Warframe Augment Mod for 
Trinity that causes 
Energy Vampire to convert excess energy into Shields, and will even boost into Overshields.
Stats[]
| Rank | Shield Recharge | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | ?% | 6 |
| 1 | ?% | 7 |
| 2 | ?% | 8 |
| 3 | 225% | 9 |
Acquisition[]
- Can be acquired by attaining the rank of Partner under The Perrin Sequence, or the rank of Flawless under New Loka, and spending
25,000 to purchase. - This mod can periodically be acquired from The Circuit.
Notes[]
- Synergizes with Trinity's Blessing, allowing up to 75% damage reduction to be applied to the generated shields and overshields.
- The base 150% shield replenishment is not affected by any mods, however it is indirectly affected by Ability Strength as more overflowing energy per cast means more shields and overshields.
Media[]
Modular (Warframe) E4 - Energy Leech
Warframe Trinity's VAMPIRE LEECH Augment Mod Review (U16.3)
Patch History[]
Update 38.0 (2024-12-13)
- Increased Shield Regen from 150% to 225%.
Update 16.3 (2015-04-09)
- Introduced.
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24 comments
Maybe if it gave Overguard instead…
Overguard would probably be worse, since it wouldn't be affected by Trinity's DR.
Oh right.
Forgot about that.
With Blessing immediately restoring all shields, along with the existence of Augur mods, this augment seems useless. Does it have a fringe use that isn't immediately apparent from just looking at it?
guess if you can get your ability duration down to 55%, energy vampire pulse rate can be 1.3s. Then get strength up to 200% so you restore 50 energy per pulse which equals 110 shield per pulse assuming you have max energy. Use catalyzing shield to get trinity prime shield to 110. As long as you keep your energy maxed and you keep an enemy pulsing, you'll have permanent shield gate.
Alternatively you can rely on link, blessing, adaptation and whatever armor you happen to have for 99% damage reduction.
What about adding nourish.that would increase the energy gained, will this result in more shields gained as well?
And how much duration is needed to reach the interval cap of 2.25s? is it at base 100% duration?
I think I tested it before, and concluded that Nourish doesn't give you more shields with it.
I really think this augment is pointless. Blessing makes it obsolete already.
They should increase trinity base skill durations, she is awesome but a spam skills frame, so spam that it keep annoying and boring.
I run her with 264% ability Duration, so for me i don't need to spam, just be aware when things run off (3 skill). And the only stats i have on negative is Range with 91%, which don't mean too much
Is this affected by Nourish?
Okay, so I tested this in the Simulacrum. Unfortunately it isn't affected by it. :(
I feel like you don't get true shield gating with it currently, the second your shields go down you will take damage and die, about as fast as a partial shield gate break is. Idk if it was a bug or this was always a thing just people thought it was good? But you can stand still and spam the ability and still get killed. Very unfun way to play as well.
Removing the requirement that you have to be at full energy to gain the shields and allowing it to be effected by power strength would make it effective in today's gameplay loop. You need bulk bursts of 300 shield at least and without having to wait for your energy to be full. Won't happen though, Trinity is very unpopular even at DE.
Her DR is so high, slapping on arcane barrier is enough to be invincible at all times. As long as you keep casting her 3 or 4
Uhhhh maybe on normal path yeah, not steel path lol. Enemies deal thousands of dps.
Trinity is one of the tankiest frames in the game. She survives Steel Path no problem. Vampire Leech is a pretty awful augment though. I suggest not bothering with it.
Useful though you have to spam vampire leech every several seconds in steel path to see it work effectively.
With Shield gating, this mod is a hidden gem for a non-power spammy team :)
You have 3 build slots, use them.
T7% duration EV build for pure fire and forget EV. While this build gives you quick energy regen for the entire team and you dont need to worry about killing the target due to short duration, it makes your blessing and link skills practically useless due to no duration.
Like others have mentioned, you have 3 build slots. If you are doing high level content, you should be using a non eidolon bless build which means good range, just enough strength, and max duration for maximum damage reduction/link coverage. Of course with high level content you should also be shooting stuff to proc EV instead of a short duration (why be lazy when doing serious stuff)?
Alternatively for high level content, forget vampire leech and use the Ack + Brunt weapon. This sword and shield combo has two mods that will effectively taunt all enemies within 15m of yourself, and redirect 50% of all damage from allies to you within 12m. Yes the ranges are not great, but its good enough for many things such as killing bosses (they will always target you) and defending objectives (where your team doesn't move away from it).
So use this mod if you're not doing the taunt build (or your teammates are moving around a lot), or use the taunt build and instead build high vitality/shields + vigor etc (you can't die as long as you have link + blessing up) with the added bonus of also absorbing 50% of the damage from your teammates after you bless reduces the damage. That's a lot of damage reduction for the team on top of your 72-75% blessing.
OR use this mod alongside Blessing like you're SUPPOSED to.
Short-duration EV builds are complete garbage for higher level content and do practically nothing for survivability without Blessing's 75% damage reduction applied to the generated shields/overshields.
No, You are not supposed to do anything with It. EV trinity isnt endurance survival trinity and this mod isnt even to make You tanky. Instead It gives shield even to your teammates and with ev trinity build You can spam ev and easly gain the energy and shield without needing to kill the targets. This mod does synergize with tank trinity too though. Blessing + Adaptation ( both work on shields ) + link and You are almost invincible.
Posts that didn't aged well LMAO
People are really idiotic here. OF COURSE shields and overshields by themselves are practically useless. THIS IS WHY you are supposed to synergize Vampire Leech with BLESSING, so that the damage reduction applies to the shields and overshields all the time. You actually get a constant and massive damage buffer this way. You are not supposed to use this augment by itself.
Unless you're only doing low level content, short-Duration EV builds with this are terrible. Go for long-Duration, 190% Range and ~150% Power Strength on Trinity, and just shoot the enemy in the face immediately after you EV them with a Rubico P or something, rinse and repeat.
Your EV will still give the same amount of energy back, but now you can actually use your Link (making you tankier and helping you find EV targets quicker) and Blessing abilities instead of completely ignoring them.
short duration ev builds arent terrible. You just need adaptation and even then ev trinity isnt edurance survival trinity. It is a build that was used to give energy in raids and now is mostly used in ESO to give energy for killer frames. It doesnt have to be or want to be tanky.
I don't really like the EV trinity build. I know it is cool to see the energy pulses flow so fast and kill enemies with a huge amount of health and gain a lot of shields but... High level enemies take those 2100 of overshields down with just two shots! and they kill me before I can gain some new shields
I can only see this mod worth if you're going for a long mission with premades. In case you're going on your own (with stranger players), I prefer the link/blessing trinity
Well ev is not a tank build, ev is for giving energy...
I was going to say something about this mod NOT being OP then I remembered the fact that my trinity at 30 with no reactor was still getting 1740 shields w overshields when I wasn´t trying to gain them
want to use this mod but I have no room for it. I hope one day we get an augment slot.
^ but the augment is Meta game ... its too op not to have in your build
I took just took out vitality to make room.
/\ Why would you even have vitality on trinity?
Vitality gives you some time to ult if you take toxic damage
This mod used to work flawlessly, now it's extrememly inconsistant.
I used to be able to cast it, kill the target, get energy and overshield. Now I don't get any overshield at all most of the time. I even let the enemy pulse a few times before killing it and still do not get overshield when I'm at full shield.
When it actually does give me overshield, it's a small amount and it varies form small or large in random bursts.
Is anyone else having the same issue? Because at this point, the mod seems worthless for you. When I did use it with randoms, they were getting OS while I did not.
^Nevermind, I'm stupid. it's the fact that I have Primed Flow on that makes it difficult to max out my energy immediately with only an Intensify.
I'm such an idiot. Lol
I actually don't run flow for this reason.
This mod is bugged ? or its me... This mod gives me the same amount of Over shield at level 0 and maxed Lvl, is this normal? DE PLS!!!
Overshields has a cap of 1200, regardless of its source. Increasing the amount of shield replenishment only means you'll reach the cap faster.
so this mod blind rage and no durtion how fast can u get your shields up
Takes the most Op frame and makes it even more Op. What's not to like?
Trinity deserves her very own Relay statue.
She's a Goddess of Life, with Oberon serving as a Holy Warrior/Paladin.
Oberon is the goat who rules over fairies. That's badass. Trinity...simply OP.
I can't wait for this mod to hit console ^_^
This should allow EV builds to drop (P)Flow and QT, which provides them ~1500 ehp (depending on PFlow rank) for 1200 ehp to the entire party (in range). Stacking the shields up wont be quite as fast compared to QT's ehp gain from energy gain, but should be fast enough to work well.
Use everything and your more unkillable then a Rhino with Iron Skin.
Rhino with iron skin is very killable.
Use everything and you're more unkillable than Limbo in the Rift with no other enemies.
QT gives way more EHP because you constantly replenish it, and Flow is useless when you have EV.
Well it makes me wonder why you need overshields if you have a trinity in your party. Got a full heal button and unlimited energy.
It gives you more room to take a bunch of damage at once (e.g. from very high level enemies in endless missions), and it gives the Trinity player more time to hit the 4 button before someone dies.
extra buffer for those that have fragile frames and/or are playing highlevel missions