Soul Eater

Keep enemies inside your Presence when they die to build the normal Soul Eater Buff. At 50 Souls, the normal version grants 50% increased Skill Speed. The rare-monster version also grants 1% less damage taken per Soul. Headhunter can steal that rare modifier, while Zerphi's Serape and other direct sources use the Soul Eater effect named by their own modifier.

Nearby deaths feed Soul Eater

An enemy must die inside the Soul Eater owner's Presence. The owner does not need to deal the killing blow unless the source that granted Soul Eater adds its own kill condition. The default Presence radius is four metres and Presence Area modifiers can change it.

Each Soul grants increased Skill Speed

Every consumed Soul grants 1% increased Skill Speed. This is an Increased modifier, so it combines additively with applicable increases and reductions to the speed of the Skill being used. It is not 1% More Skill Speed per Soul.

The maximum is 50 Souls

Soul Eater cannot benefit from more than 50 eaten Souls at once. The ordinary version therefore reaches 50% increased Skill Speed at its cap. Consuming another Soul while already capped refreshes the recent-consumption window but does not raise the count above 50.

Soul loss begins after four seconds

After four seconds without eating a Soul, the owner loses one Soul every 0.5 seconds. Eating a new Soul stops the decay and begins a new four-second window. The stacks do not all disappear together when the grace period ends.

Monsters gain a defensive benefit

Soul Eater on monsters grants 1% increased Skill Speed and 1% less damage taken per Soul, up to 50 Souls. At the cap, the monster has 50% increased Skill Speed and 50% less damage taken from this modifier. This defensive line is specific to the monster or adjusted stolen-modifier form and must not be added automatically to every direct player source.

A stolen rare modifier uses its player-adjusted form

Since version 0.2.0, rare monster modifiers can grant adjusted effects when stolen by a player. The documented stolen Soul Eater entry grants 1% increased Skill Speed and 1% additional damage reduction per consumed Soul, up to 50 Souls. Headhunter supplies the rare modifier for 60 seconds, but the Souls still build and decay according to Soul Eater's own rules during that window.

The source decides who owns the Souls

Soul Eater on the player counts deaths in the player's Presence. Soul Eater granted to a Minion counts deaths in that Minion's Presence and improves that Minion. A Minion's Souls do not become player Souls, and separate Minions do not share one common Soul count.