Lifetap Support
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Icon: T
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%
Cooldown Time: 0.00 secRequires Level 8Supports any skill. Minions cannot gain the Lifetap buff.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Life CostLifetap lasts +0.1 secondsSupported Skills deal (10-29)% more Damage while you have Lifetap
Gain Lifetap after Spending a total of (17-205) Life with a Supported Skill
Lifetap lasts 4 seconds
Supported Skills Cost Life instead of ManaThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
AcquisitionLevel: 8Purchase Costs
| Normal | 1x Orb of Transmutation |
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Support Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SupportGemLifetap
Your flasks recover increased amounts of life.
Lifetap Support is a support gem. It causes linked skills to be paid using life instead of mana, similar to the Blood Magic keystone, but at the expense of a very high skill cost multiplier. Spending a certain amount of life gives the Lifetap buff, which causes skills supported by Lifetap to deal more damage.
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Skill functions and interactions
The mana cost of any skill supported by this gem will be paid with life instead of mana.
The mana cost will still be calculated normally[confirmation needed because of 3.14 change] – reduced Mana Cost, reduced Total Cost and other similar modifiers will still apply, but the resulting cost will be paid with life.
Supporting minion skills with Lifetap Support will affect both the cost you pay to use the skill, and the cost the resulting minion uses to pay its own skills, if any. This can help certain spectres use their skills more often.
Skill supported by Lifetap gains a buff 
Lifetap when spending a total of # life as skill cost (The value depends on gem level). The buff Lifetap grants 20% increased Life Recovery from Flasks, as well as making the supported active skill deals more damage (from the gem mod Supported Skills deal #% more Damage while you have Lifetap). As of version 3.14, the buff is only granted from this support gem. Similar to 
Arcane Surge SupportArcane Surge SupportSupport, Spell, Duration
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Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Spell DamageArcane Surge grants 0.01% of Mana Regenerated per secondArcane Surge lasts 0.1 secondsGain Arcane Surge after Spending a total of (15-400) Mana with Supported Skills
Arcane Surge grants (10-20)% more Spell Damage
Arcane Surge grants (10-19)% increased Cast Speed
Arcane Surge grants (0.5-1)% of Mana Regenerated per second
Arcane Surge lasts 4 seconds
Supported Skills deal (10-19)% more Spell Damage while you have Arcane SurgeThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
, player may instead choose to use a low level Lifetap Support gem to gain the buff and more damage more often, in exchange for a lower more damage multiplier.
Lifetap Support does not affect mana reservation; Reservation are affected by sister gem 
Arrogance SupportArrogance SupportAura, Support
Icon: B
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: (220%-201%)
Cooldown Time: 0.00 secRequires Level 31Supports any skill with a reservation.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.25% increased Aura effectSupported Skills have 0.1% reduced Life ReservationSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased DamageSupported Skills have (10-19)% increased Aura effect
Supported Skills Reserve Life instead of ManaThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
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Gem level progression
| Level |  |  | more Damage | Gain Buff Life Cost | Exp. | Total Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 18 | 10% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | 21 | 11% | 20 | 3231 | 3231 |
| 3 | 13 | 25 | 12% | 23 | 9569 | 12800 |
| 4 | 17 | 31 | 13% | 28 | 28189 | 40989 |
| 5 | 21 | 37 | 14% | 33 | 59146 | 100135 |
| 6 | 25 | 43 | 15% | 38 | 111192 | 211327 |
| 7 | 29 | 49 | 16% | 43 | 193800 | 405127 |
| 8 | 33 | 55 | 17% | 48 | 320280 | 725407 |
| 9 | 37 | 61 | 18% | 53 | 507839 | 1233246 |
| 10 | 40 | 66 | 19% | 56 | 554379 | 1787625 |
| 11 | 43 | 70 | 20% | 67 | 755049 | 2542674 |
| 12 | 46 | 75 | 21% | 77 | 1016533 | 3559207 |
| 13 | 49 | 79 | 22% | 89 | 1898602 | 5457809 |
| 14 | 52 | 84 | 23% | 101 | 1964019 | 7421828 |
| 15 | 55 | 88 | 24% | 117 | 2573731 | 9995559 |
| 16 | 58 | 93 | 25% | 133 | 7610839 | 17606398 |
| 17 | 61 | 97 | 26% | 141 | 13436884 | 31043282 |
| 18 | 64 | 102 | 27% | 169 | 25050611 | 56093893 |
| 19 | 67 | 106 | 28% | 197 | 43867388 | 99961281 |
| 20 | 70 | 111 | 29% | 205 | 242078618 | 342039899 |
| 21 | 72 | 114 | 30% | 210 | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 74 | N/A | 31% | 226 | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | 76 | N/A | 32% | 239 | N/A | N/A |
| 24 | 78 | N/A | 33% | 252 | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | 80 | N/A | 34% | 262 | N/A | N/A |
| 26 | 82 | N/A | 35% | 270 | N/A | N/A |
| 27 | 84 | N/A | 36% | 275 | N/A | N/A |
| 28 | 86 | N/A | 37% | 290 | N/A | N/A |
| 29 | 88 | N/A | 38% | 305 | N/A | N/A |
| 30 | 90 | N/A | 39% | 318 | N/A | N/A |
| 31 | 91 | N/A | 39% | 335 | N/A | N/A |
| 32 | 92 | N/A | 40% | 351 | N/A | N/A |
| 33 | 93 | N/A | 40% | 368 | N/A | N/A |
| 34 | 94 | N/A | 41% | 386 | N/A | N/A |
| 35 | 95 | N/A | 41% | 405 | N/A | N/A |
| 36 | 96 | N/A | 42% | 423 | N/A | N/A |
| 37 | 97 | N/A | 42% | 443 | N/A | N/A |
| 38 | 98 | N/A | 43% | 463 | N/A | N/A |
| 39 | 99 | N/A | 43% | 484 | N/A | N/A |
| 40 | 100 | N/A | 44% | 504 | N/A | N/A |
Item acquisition
Upgrade paths
This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:
| Amount | Ingredient | General Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  Gift of the Gemling Queen  Gift of the Gemling Queen9Level 20 Support GemOur Lady Dialla,as a symbol of our progress, shines greater than all the gems.  | random level 20 Support gem | Automatic |
| 7 | Dialla's Subjugation Dialla's Subjugation7Superior Support GemQuality: +23% CorruptedA symbol of beauty and innocence The gems corrupted her mind Malachai corrupted her gems All but a glimmer of greatness lost in madness | random corrupted superior Support gem with 23% quality | Automatic |
| 8 | Dying Anguish Dying Anguish8Level 19 GemAlternative Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home. | random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality | Automatic |
| 1 |  Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorAdds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable itemItem drops after killing # monstersQuality GemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.  | random superior gem | Automatic |
| 6 | The Fox The Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox."- Ezomyte Proverb | random level 20 gem | Automatic |
| 3 | Gemcutter's Promise Gemcutter's Promise3Superior GemQuality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter | random superior gem with 20% quality | Automatic |
Quest reward
This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:
| Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quest ↓ | |||||||
| The Caged Brute Act 1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Vendor reward
This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:
| Class → | Witch | Shadow | Ranger | Duelist | Marauder | Templar | Scion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quest ↓ | |||||||
| The Caged Brute Act 1 Nessa | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa | ✓ | ||||||
| Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth | ✓ | ||||||
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The Hungry Loop The Hungry LoopUnset RingRequires Level 70Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems Has not Consumed any Gems <Consumed support gem modifier>Be careful where you put your finger.  | 70 | Has 1 SocketConsumes Socketed Uncorrupted Support Gems when they reach Maximum Level Can Consume 4 Uncorrupted Support Gems Has not Consumed any Gems
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Version history
| Version | Changes |
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| 3.14.0 |
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Lifetap Support
