Bio Leech

Cole uses Bio Leech on a pedestrian

Bio-Leech is an inherently evil ability of Cole's. Once you find an injured pedestrian or stunned enemy, stand over them and lock on. When you select the Bio-Leech option, you have to rapidly press the square button in order to help Cole overpower his target. Once Cole overpowers his victim, he grabs their face and sucks out the energy contained in the target's own bio-electric field. This, of course, results in the death of the victim.

The leeched energy acts just like the energy sucked from Empire City's power grid using Electric Drain, the energy will heal Cole completely and will recharge all his battery Cores, in addition to gaining some negative karma and a single experience point. Although the energy will heal and recharge Cole almost instantly, it would be unwise to perform this ability in the heat of combat, due to fact that Cole is extremely vulnerable during the action and the sheer time it takes to overpower the downed target. The ability may be used as a last resort in an attempt to get Cole full charged again.

If used on a Conduit, the XP description says "Dark Feast" instead of "Drain", however, unlike the "Tough Collar" bonus from restraining a Conduit, Dark Feast does not increase the amount of XP you earn. You unlock the "The Hunger" Trophy by Bio-Leeching 100 enemies.

Bugs

• While Bio-Leech is supposed to kill the target, pedestrians will still blink and move their eyes after it is used on them.
  • However any dead character will have their eyes moving, not just a Leeched victim.
• While Leeching, if you are hit by a rocket you fly off your victim and the drain is completed even if the cutscene is not. You still get energy and health, and the tendrils of energy are seen still attached to you for a moment.

Trivia

• Unlike those who Cole bio-leeched, he appeared to drain the Reapers using his fist instead of his palm to.

• It's also good to know that Cole can use his polarity wall while using Bio Leech but you can't move the shield while leeching.

• Also when Bio-Leeching it appears that when Cole drains his victim's brain of its electric energy, the electricity flows down his esophagus. This may be the origin of the phrase "Dark Feast".
• In inFamous 2, when Cole bio-leeches, he now leeches with one hand and yellow electricity is drained.
• originally, in one of the inFAMOUS demos this power was called Vampire Drain not Bio Leech.

Gallery

Cole moves his hand closer to a Reaper's face, right before a Bio-Leech.

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