When worn, it has a passive effect that has a chance of reducing damage by 5%, by a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 250. Hits below 5 will not trigger the effect. When activated, the next hit within 20 seconds is reduced by 50%, by a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 2500. Hits below 50 will not trigger the effect. The active effect can be used once per minute. This cooldown is shared with other blood essences, except the tireless essence. Each activation of the passive effect consumes 1 charge and each use of the active effect consumes 50 charges.