immortal lifesteal bruisers
Life Steal 6–12% plays best here ; secondary rolls can add Damage or Swiftness.
Drain Edge
epic A for weapons Lifesteal
Heals the wielder for 6–12% of damage dealt.
Rune stats
- Primary
- Life Steal
- Roll range
- 6–12%
- midpoint 9%
- Proc chance
- —
- passive effect
- Effect kind
- Lifesteal
- Applies to
- Weapon
- Rarity
- epic
- A tier
True DPS gain at 10x / quality 100
| Weapon | Class | True speed | DPS no rune | DPS +Drain Edge 9% | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Shiv | Dagger | 0.62s | 65 | 65 | 0% |
| Frostpetal Blade | Katana | 0.94s | 170 | 170 | 0% |
| Sakura Worldsplitter | Colossal Sword | 1.755s | 262 | 262 | 0% |
Fixed recipe: 10x multiplier, quality 100, no trait ores. Fastest dagger vs mid katana vs heaviest colossal — flat and crit runes scale with the damage per hit, which is worth the most on heavy weapons.
Who should socket Drain Edge
solo players without a healer
Life Steal 6–12% plays best here ; secondary rolls can add Damage or Swiftness.
Frequently asked questions
What does Drain Edge do in The Forge? ＋
Heals the wielder for 6–12% of damage dealt. It sockets into weapons and rolls 6–12% on the Life Steal primary stat.
How much DPS does Drain Edge add? ＋
Drain Edge is a utility rune — it adds no direct DPS in the simulator model (its value is defensive or crowd-control), so the table shows a 0% gain by design.
What are the best weapons for Drain Edge? ＋
Socket it on immortal lifesteal bruisers — proc and DoT runes scale with hit rate, so faster weapons squeeze more out of every roll.
Where do you get Drain Edge? ＋
Drain Edge is a epic rune (A tier). Secondary rolls can add Damage, Swiftness, Vitality — chase a high primary roll first, secondaries are gravy.