Blood Orb is classified as Status Effect that is only available to Necromancers.
| Name | Description |
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| Blood Orb | Blood Orbs heal you (Necromancer) for 15% of your Maximum Life when picked up. |
Skills that affect Blood Orb
Blood Orbs will not spawn automatically for the Necromancer but rather only if he has certain skills active or equips an Aspect of the Embalmer. When they do appear you simply have to walk over them to consume them.
| Basic Tree |
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 HemorrhageBurst an enemy's blood, dealing 27% damage. Hemorrhage has 20% chance to form a Blood Orb. Damage: Physical Generates: 9 Essence Lucky Hit Chance: 35% Skill |
Enhanced HemorrhageAfter picking up a Blood Orb, your next Hemorrhage also deals damage to enemies around your target and grants 2 additional Essence per enemy hit Skill |
| Core Tree |
Supernatural Blood LanceAfter casting Blood Lance 6 times, your next cast of Blood Lance is guaranteed to Overpower and spawns a Blood Orb under the first enemy hit. Skill |
| Corpse & Macabre 2 Tree |
Blighted Corpse TendrilsCorpse Tendrils has a 35% chance to drop a Blood Orb when damaging enemies. Skill |
 TransfusionLucky Hit: Blood Skills have a 3 / 6 / 9% chance to create a Blood Orb at the target's location. This can only occur once every 4 seconds. This chance is doubled against bosses. Point required in Gruesome Mending. Passive |
| Ultimate Tree |
Supreme Blood WaveBlood Wave leaves behind 3 Blood Orbs as it travels. Skill |
Legendary Aspects that affect Blood Orb
Apart from Aspect of the Embalmer you will need to have an active skill that creates Blood Orbs for any of these Aspects to be beneficial. Aspect of the Embalmer is the only Aspect that actually creates Blood Orbs.
Aspect of the Embalmer |
Defensive | Consuming a Corpse has a 20 - 30% chance to spawn a Blood Orb.
Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%) |
N/A | Extraction | Necromancer |
Aspect of Potent Blood |
Resource | While Healthy, Blood Orbs grant 10 - 20 Essence.
Ring |
Betrayer's Row (Map) |
Dry Steppes | Necromancer |
Fastblood Aspect |
Resource | Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by 1 - 1.5 seconds.
Ring |
Iron Hold (Map) |
Hawezar | Necromancer |
Gore Quills Aspect |
Offensive | Blood Lance will consume Blood Orbs to also conjure lances from them. Each additional Blood Lance deals 20 - 50% of normal damage and prioritizes targeting un-lanced enemies.
Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) |
N/A | Extraction | Necromancer |
* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.
Unique Items that affect Blood Orb
This Chest Armor does not create the Blood Orb. You will need to have an active skill that creates them in order to benefit from the special property.
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Blood Artisan's Cuirass"The infamous Necromancer Gaza-Thul's mastery over blood magic was indisputable. Many suspect that upon his death, his skin was used to fashion this eldritch armor." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Chest Armor Description: When you pick up 5 - 10 Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on your current Life percent. |
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Paragon Glyphs and Nodes that affect Blood Orb
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Blood Begets Blood Legendary Node |
Blood Orbs grant x5% increased damage, up to x15%, for 5 seconds. |
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Blood-drinker Rare Glyph |
Radius Size: 3. Next Radius Increase at Level 15. Bonus: Grants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range. Additional Bonus (if requirements met): Blood Orbs Fortify you for 6.67% of your Maximum Life. Requirements (purchased in radius range): +40 Intelligence |