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Drain Vitality
Skyrim Dragon Shout

Coax both magical and mortal energies from your hapless opponent.

Drain Vitality is a dragon shout in Skyrim with three words of power. Its recovery time is 30 seconds with one, 60 with two and 90 with three words.

At full strength, drains 5 points of Health per second for 30 seconds.; Drains 5 points of Stamina per second for 30 seconds.; Drains 5 points of Magicka per second for 30 seconds.

Drain Vitality Builds

Lvl 80
8 / 8
7 / 9
7 / 9
9 / 13
7 / 10
3 / 10
Boethiah's Champion
Shadow Spellblade Dark Warrior build
Lvl 80
7 / 9
9 / 9
13 / 13
8 / 8
11 / 11
6 / 9
The Trickster
Clavicus Vile Spellsword Vampire build
Lvl 80
9 / 9
7 / 9
9 / 9
8 / 8
6 / 10
10 / 10
The Orc Chief
Malacath Warrior build
Lvl 106
9 / 9
12 / 15
8 / 10
11 / 11
10 / 10
7 / 14
Arcane Stalker Vampire
Stealth based vampire with extensive magic power build
Lvl 36
6 / 9
3 / 8
5 / 9
2 / 10
5 / 14
4 / 12
Pestilence
DOT Damage Knight build
Lvl 65
5 / 8
7 / 9
5 / 10
6 / 9
6 / 14
7 / 11
Toxic komodo
Sneaky magickal tank spécialised in dot build
Lvl 81
8 / 9
7 / 9
6 / 9
5 / 10
7 / 10
4 / 9
Canon Dragonborn
Trailer Art Dragonborn build
Lvl 36
10 / 15
4 / 9
3 / 9
5 / 13
4 / 12
5 / 10
Pure Breton
Necromancer Alchemist build
Lvl 36
8 / 8
5 / 10
5 / 9
5 / 9
5 / 10
4 / 9
Pure Orc
Enchanted Warrior build
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builds

Open the character build planner with Drain Vitality already learned, then build the rest of your character around it.

Create a build with Drain Vitality

Words of Power

1 word
Recovery: 30s
Drains 5 points of Stamina per second for 30 seconds.
2 words
Recovery: 60s
Drains 5 points of Stamina per second for 30 seconds.; Drains 5 points of Magicka per second for 30 seconds.
3 words
Recovery: 90s
Drains 5 points of Health per second for 30 seconds.; Drains 5 points of Stamina per second for 30 seconds.; Drains 5 points of Magicka per second for 30 seconds.