Leeching Seed

Leeching Seed
Dealing damage heals you.
Dealing damage heals you for 1 (+1 per stack) health.
Rarity	Uncommon
Category	Healing
ID	13
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Heal	1	Linear	+1

The Leeching Seed is a returning item in Risk of Rain 2.

Upon damaging an enemy, the holder recovers 1 (+1 per stack) health, multiplied by the proc coefficient of the hit.

Notes

• Visuals for damage and healing numbers are rounded up, so the Leeching Seed's healing may appear as 1 per hit when in fact it may be lower.
• Correction: Healing is only applied on hit, not on damage.

Tips

• Shotgun attacks such as Bandit'sBanditThe Bandit is a high-skill combo character that can dish out devastating backstabs while weaving in and out of stealth.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 110 (+33 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Desperate Outlaw BurstBurst (Primary)Fire a shotgun burst for 5x100% damage. Can hold up to 4 shells.
  Survivor: Bandit and Captain'sCaptainThe Captain is a unique survivor that can control the battlefield with utility and damage - with help from the UES Safe Travels.
  Class: Ranged
  HP: 110 (+33 per level)
  Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
  Armor: 0
  Umbra: Tired Veteran Vulcan ShotgunVulcan Shotgun (Primary)Fire a blast of pellets that deal 8x120% damage. Charging the attack narrows the spread.
  Survivor: Captain work well with Leeching Seeds, since each attack fires many individual hits.
  • On the other hand, Survivors with relatively low attack speed or hit count, such as LoaderLoaderThe Loader is a slow but powerful bruiser that can use her grappling hook to uniquely navigate the environment.
    Class: Melee
    HP: 160 (+48 per level)
    Damage: 12 (+2.4 per level)
    Armor: 20
    Umbra: Bionic Powerhouse, will struggle to make good use of this item.

• This item becomes generally outclassed by the Harvester's ScytheHarvester's Scythe
  'Critical Strikes' heal you.
  Gain 5% critical chance. Critical strikes heal for 8 (+4 per stack) health. once the player has enough critical strike chance.
• The hit requirement makes it unsuitable for Damage over Time effects such as poison or bleed.

Lore

It was a crisp evening - and things were looking up. The botanist began walking towards the Plant Biology Complex to check on several alien plants that had been recovered from the week before.

Another worker was already in the complex, busy at work.

“Hey.” “Oh, hello!” The worker greeted her enthusiastically. He was carrying several bags of fertilizer, and she gave him a quizzical look. “You need any help with those?” She said, gathering her clipboard for her check.

“Oh no, I’m alright. It’s a good workout, actually,” he said. As they walked, the botanist couldn’t help but wonder what kind of job would require THAT much fertilizer.

As the door to the greenhouse whirred open, she got her answer – roots scaling the height of the greenhouse and snaking along the ceiling, even invading the containers of other specimens. “What the hell!?” She cried, her jaw slack. And then she noticed the other plants. 

Every other plant in the greenhouse had withered – with an incriminating root leading back to the overgrowth that the worker was now feeding fertilizer. The botanist was speechless. “What happened...? What... what is that...?” She stammered. The worker turned to her and grinned.

“One of the species we got in the last expedition. He demands a lot of nutrients - it took me so long to get him to even sprout. I was wracking my brain, trying every trick in the book. And every other specimen seemed to be growing fine, so I figured, hey, why not share some of that? And look!”

Spreading his arms, the worker marveled at the gallery of dead plants. Dropping her clipboard, the botanist’s stomach sank. Things were no longer looking up.

Version History

Anniversary Update

• Major Content
  • Added New Lore Entry: Leeching Seed
• Quality of Life
  • Update visuals to match other assets

Trivia

• This item is based on the real world Broomrape plant, which is parasitic.