Siphoning Strikes - 2 morphs, 1 morph does everything the other morph does and more?

eversong · April 2014

Here is the base skill:
http://esohead.com/skills/33319-siphoning-strikes

"While toggled, basic weapon attacks restore 4% Magicka and Stamina, but reduce Weapon and Spell Damage by 25%. 10% chance on basic weapon attacks to restore 15% Magicka and Stamina."

Here is morph 1: leeching strikes
http://esohead.com/skills/36908-leeching-strikes

"While toggled, basic weapon attacks restore 4% Magicka, Health, and Stamina, but reduce Weapon and Spell Damage by 22%. 10% chance on basic weapon attacks to restore 15% Magicka and Stamina."

Here is morph 2: siphoning strikes
http://esohead.com/skills/36935-siphoning-attacks

While toggled, basic weapon attacks restore 4% Magicka, Health, and Stamina, but reduce Weapon and Spell Damage by 22%. 10% chance all attacks to restore 15% Magicka and Stamina.

Is siphoning strikes just straight-up better than leeching strikes? Or did the developers just mess up and accidentally wrote "Magicka, Health, and Stamina" in siphoning strikes AND leeching strikes description?

Anzer · April 2014

I've noticed that the translation into English and the phrasing for skill descriptions can be very terrible.
I can assure you that Siphoning Strikes does not recover health, only stamina and magicka.

Acoal · April 2014

Yeah, only Leeching Strikes recover health, although it's more like 2%, not 4% as stated in the tooltip

rager82b14_ESO · April 2014

I'm finding leeching strikes to be pretty *** in vet zone. That is why i switched.

GwaynLoki · April 2014

ESOhead for some reason has the 2 morphs merged into one ability descritpion for Siphoning Attacks. It does not restore health. But I recommend still using it because the heal you get from using light attacks with Leaching Strikes is WAY too low to really make a difference in veteran content. At least from my experience.