Blood Orb

Blood Orb is classified as Status Effect that is only available to Necromancers.

Name	Description
Blood Orb	Blood Orbs heal you (Necromancer) for 15% of your Maximum Life when picked up.

Skills that affect Blood Orb

Blood Orbs will not spawn automatically for the Necromancer but rather only if he has certain skills active or equips an Aspect of the Embalmer. When they do appear you simply have to walk over them to consume them.

Basic Tree
Hemorrhage Generate Essence: 8 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Burst an enemy's blood, dealing 25% damage. Hemorrhage has a 20% chance to form a Blood Orb. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Basic, Blood Skill
Enhanced Hemorrhage After picking up a Blood Orb, your next Hemorrhage also deals damage to enemies around your target and grants 2 additional Essence per enemy hit Skill
Core Tree
Supernatural Blood Lance Blood Lance deals 15%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage and 15%[x] increased Overpower Damage. Skill
Corpse & Macabre 2 Tree
Blighted Corpse Tendrils Corpse Tendrils has a 30% chance to drop a Blood Orb when damaging enemies. Skill
Transfusion Lucky Hit: Your Blood Skills have up to a 3% chance to create a Blood Orb at the target's location. This can only occur once every 2 seconds. This chance is doubled against Bosses. Passive
Ultimate Tree
Supreme Blood Wave Blood Wave leaves behind 6 Blood Orbs as it travels. Skill

Legendary Aspects that affect Blood Orb

Apart from Aspect of the Embalmer you will need to have an active skill that creates Blood Orbs for any of these Aspects to be beneficial. Aspect of the Embalmer is the only Aspect that actually creates Blood Orbs.

Aspect of the Embalmer	Defensive	Consuming a Corpse has a [15 - 30]% chance to spawn a Blood Orb. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer
Aspect of Potent Blood	Resource	Blood Orbs grant [10.0 - 25.0] Essence. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Betrayer's Row (Map)	Dry Steppes	Necromancer
Fastblood Aspect	Resource	Blood Orbs reduce your Ultimate Cooldown by [1.00 - 2.50] seconds. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Iron Hold (Map)	Hawezar	Necromancer
Aspect of Gore Quills	Offensive	Casting Blood Lance will consume Blood Orbs to also conjure lances from them. Each additional Blood Lance deals [20 - 50]% of normal damage and prioritizes targeting un-lanced enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Necromancer

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items that affect Blood Orb

This Chest Armor does not create the Blood Orb. You will need to have an active skill that creates them in order to benefit from the special property.

Blood Artisan's Cuirass "The infamous Necromancer Gaza-Thul's mastery over blood magic was indisputable. Many suspect that upon his death, his skin was used to fashion this eldritch armor." - Barrett's Book of Implements Type: Unique Chest Armor Class: Necromancer Description: When you pick up [10 - 3] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on your current Life percent.

Affixes: (Item Power 925) Blood Orbs Restore +[8 - 12] Essence +[103.5 - 135.0]% Damage for 4 Seconds After Picking Up a Blood Orb +[957 - 1,259] Maximum Life +[2 - 3] to Bone Spirit

Paragon Glyphs and Nodes that affect Blood Orb

	Blood Begets Blood Legendary Node	Blood Orbs grant x5% increased damage, up to x15%, for 5 seconds.
	Blood-drinker Rare Glyph	Radius Size: 3. Next Radius Increase at Level 15. Bonus: Grants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range. Additional Bonus (if requirements met): Blood Orbs Fortify you for 6.67% of your Maximum Life. Requirements (purchased in radius range): +40 Intelligence