ABILITY 06

LifeSteal

Attack the nearest valid target and request healing based on the configured damage amount and life-steal fraction.

Activation

LifeStealButton

Example use

Recover health by dealing damage during an encounter.

Ability documentation

CHARACTER ABILITY

SETUP GUIDE

Set up this ability

Component: CharacterLifeSteal
Source: Scripts/Abilities/CharacterLifeSteal.cs
Animator bools: LifeSteal

Component dependencies

Requirements for this ability and its targets
Component	Where to add or assign it	Purpose / setup
Health	Character GameObject	Required for restoring character health.

Visual component dependencies

These components support the associated effect. A missing optional visual does not by itself imply that the gameplay mechanic cannot run.

Visual dependencies
Component	Where to add or assign it	Purpose / setup
LifeStealRadiusEffect + SpriteRenderer	RadiusEffectPrefab root	Required for the supplied expanding-radius visual. Assign LifeStealRadiusEffect.

Add CharacterLifeSteal to a CharacterPlus character with Health.
Set the ability range and target layer mask for your scene.
Place a valid target within the configured range.
Set DamageAmount, Range and LifeStealPercentage. Optionally assign LifeStealRadiusEffect to RadiusEffectPrefab.
Press LifeStealButton near a living valid target. The nearest valid target is cached before ActivationDelay.

Inspector reference

These are C# field declaration defaults. Existing prefab and scene values can override them. Shared fields are documented under Ability Configuration.

CharacterLifeSteal fields
Field	Type	Declared default
`DamageAmount`	float	`10f`
`LifeStealPercentage`	float	`0.5f`
`Range`	float	`2f`
`TargetLayerMask`	LayerMask	`Not assigned in declaration`
`TargetFlickerDuration`	float	`0.2f`
`TargetInvincibilityDuration`	float	`0.5f`
`RadiusEffectPrefab`	GameObject	`Not assigned in declaration`

Usage notes

Healing is calculated as DamageAmount × LifeStealPercentage, rather than measured damage actually lost by the target. With declaration defaults, this requests 5 health from a 10-damage attack.
If no valid target is found, activation returns without starting.