Mask of the spirit drinker

So what's with that unique. I got a level 3 incursion room that stated i would get some valuable item and then this thing drops. Is that some kind of April fools joke? It provides a bonus to life regen based on max Energy Shield but makes it impossible to get Energy Shield in any way? Wtf?

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Mask_of_the_Spirit_Drinker

Valuable doesnt mean much, it will have a special mod that can still be trash or a random trash unique. Dont take the wording seriously.

It doesnt seem so hard to understand.. The item lets you sacrifice your mediocre ES for 300 life regen (equals 5% for 6k life build), thats it. It can aslo be upgraded to Mask of the Stitched Demon..

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Ludvator wrote:

It doesnt seem so hard to understand.. The item lets you sacrifice your mediocre ES for 300 life regen (equals 5% for 6k life build), thats it. It can aslo be upgraded to Mask of the Stitched Demon..

Based on the wording you only get that 300 life regen if you have 1500 ES and there is no way to get said energyshield because you can't gain any ES in any way.

/edit eh, i think now i get it. It only looks at maximum energyshield, you don't need to have actual Energy Shield to get the life gain.

yeah.. not a strong nor popular item, but I can certainly see some scenarios where it could be useful