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Firstly, the description of Blood Drain must be read judiciously, or the abuse will be rampant... Per the description, you need to forego the normal *damage* done in order to use any of the schtick effects, including the "Action Value Gain" ability. This means the schtick only works on Named characters, i.e., characters against whom you do damage. Since you don't -do- damage to mooks, this skill is not usable against them, and therefore you can't suck mook-strength all game, no. That would indeed make the schtick WAAAAAY freakin' scary as all hell! However, to answer your question, I would say yes, it is indeed designed to stack points from one target, but remember that it must be done with a skill you both have in common. Yes, you can reduce them to zero and swipe all their skill for yourself. But what Named character is gonna let you do that? While your attacks aren't doing any damage to them (remember that?), they're blasting away with their Mossberg Special Purpose shotgun at you... Chances are, you're not gonna suck all their Guns skill before they splatter your innards across the wall. Unless, of course, you Glutinous Goo them helpless beforehand... heh heh! ("BLAAAAHHHHHH!"... suck suck suck...)
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